UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS et al. v. CAMENISCH (1981)

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS et al. v. CAMENISCH
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: March 31, 1981
Decided: April 29, 1981
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS et al. v. CAMENISCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1981.

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 Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: State college or university
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: Handicapped individual, or organization of devoted to
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 451 U.S. 390
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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