TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC. v. ELLA WILLIAMS (2002)

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC. v. ELLA WILLIAMS
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 2001
	Decided: January 8, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, KENTUCKY, INC. v. ELLA WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 2002. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 2001.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kentucky Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
Petitioner: Auto manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Female employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 534 U.S. 184
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.