TURNER v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF UTAH et al. (1975)

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TURNER v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF UTAH et al.
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Decided: November 17, 1975
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

TURNER v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF UTAH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1975.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Utah State Supreme Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
  • Petitioner: Unemployed person or unemployment compensation applicant or claimant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Utah
  • Citation: 423 U.S. 44
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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