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RIVERA v. MINNICH (1987)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
RIVERA v. MINNICH
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1987
Decided: June 25, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Brennan

RIVERA v. MINNICH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1987.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Father
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mother
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 483 U.S. 574
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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