UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR v. TRIPLETT et al. (1990)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR v. TRIPLETT et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 1990
	Decided: March 27, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR v. TRIPLETT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1990.

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 West Virginia State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Labor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 494 U.S. 715
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: Antonin Scalia

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.