City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
429 U.S. 167 · Decided December 8, 1976 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission was decided on December 8, 1976 unanimously (9–0). The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “First Amendment, miscellaneous” in the First Amendment area.
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Case details
- Citations
- 429 U.S. 167 · 97 S. Ct. 421 · 50 L. Ed. 2d 376 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 181
- Docket number
- 75-946
- Decided
- December 8, 1976
- Argued
- October 12, 1976
- Court era
- Burger Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 9–0 (unanimous)
- Majority opinion
- Warren E. Burger
- Opinion assigned by
- Warren E. Burger
- How the case arrived
- Appeal
- Issue (SCDB)
- First Amendment, miscellaneous
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Legal provision
- First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Byron R. White | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence | |
| Chief Justice Warren E. Burger | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Harry A. Blackmun | Majority | |
| Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice William H. Rehnquist | Majority | |
| Justice John Paul Stevens | Majority |
Full case caption
City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 et al. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1976-023, docket 1976-023-01.
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