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VORCHHEIMER v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA et al.

Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1977
Decided: April 19, 1977
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

VORCHHEIMER v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1977. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1977.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Female
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 430 U.S. 703
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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.

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External links

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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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