US AIRWAYS, INC. v. ROBERT BARNETT (2002)

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US AIRWAYS, INC. v. ROBERT BARNETT
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 2001
Decided: April 29, 2002
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter

US AIRWAYS, INC. v. ROBERT BARNETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 2002. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 2001.

In a 7-2 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 California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - handicapped, rights of: under Rehabilitation, Americans with Disabilities Act, and related statutes
  • Petitioner: Airline
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 535 U.S. 391
  • 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: Stephen Breyer

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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