UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. EVANS (1977)

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UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. EVANS
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1977
Decided: May 31, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. EVANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1977. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1977.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
  • Petitioner: Airline
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Female employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 431 U.S. 553
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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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