WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. JOHNSON et al. (1984)

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. JOHNSON et al.
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 1984
	Decided: June 26, 1984
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. JOHNSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1984.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Interstate compact
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 467 U.S. 925
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.