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

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. MCMANN
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 1977
Decided: December 12, 1977
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry BlackmunWarren BurgerLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul Stevens
Concurring
Potter StewartByron White
Dissenting
William BrennanThurgood Marshall

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. v. MCMANN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1977. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 1977.

In a 7-2 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 Virginia Eastern 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 434 U.S. 192
  • 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: Warren Burger

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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