VAUGHN L. MURPHY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (1999)

VAUGHN L. MURPHY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 1999
	Decided: June 22, 1999
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

VAUGHN L. MURPHY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1999. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1999.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas 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: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 527 U.S. 516
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.