MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF RETIREMENT et al. v. MURGIA (1976)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF RETIREMENT et al. v. MURGIA
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1975
Decided: June 25, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF RETIREMENT et al. v. MURGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1976. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1975.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Retired or former governmental employee
  • Respondent state: Massachusetts
  • Citation: 427 U.S. 307
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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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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