UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO (1988) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1988
Decided: April 27, 1988
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1988. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1988.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 485 U.S. 680
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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