UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al. v. ELLIOTT (1986)

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al. v. ELLIOTT
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: April 21, 1986
	Decided: July 7, 1986
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • John Paul Stevens

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al. v. ELLIOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 7, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1986.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee Western 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: State
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 478 U.S. 788
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: Byron White

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.