WIMBERLY v. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF MISSOURI (1987) - Ballotpedia

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WIMBERLY v. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF MISSOURI

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1986
Decided: January 21, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

WIMBERLY v. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF MISSOURI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1986.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination in employment (cf. sex discrimination)
Petitioner: Female employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 479 U.S. 511
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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