UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. MARIA A. GREGORY (2001)

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. MARIA A. GREGORY
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: October 9, 2001
	Decided: November 13, 2001
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. MARIA A. GREGORY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 2001. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 2001.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 534 U.S. 1
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.