MITCHELL v. FORSYTH (1985)

MITCHELL v. FORSYTH
	Term: 1984
Important Dates
	Argued: February 27, 1985
	Decided: June 19, 1985
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	4-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

MITCHELL v. FORSYTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1985.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 472 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: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.