Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Florida Nursing Home Association
450 U.S. 147 · Decided March 2, 1981 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Florida Nursing Home Association was decided on March 2, 1981 by a vote of 6–3. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. The decision was issued per curiam (an unsigned opinion of the Court). SCDB classifies its main issue as “Poverty law, constitutional” in the Civil Rights area.
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Case details
- Citations
- 450 U.S. 147 · 101 S. Ct. 1032 · 67 L. Ed. 2d 132 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 72
- Docket number
- 80-532
- Decided
- March 2, 1981
- Court era
- Burger Court
- Decision type
- Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 6–3
- Opinion assigned by
- Warren E. Burger
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Poverty law, constitutional
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Legal provision
- Eleventh Amendment
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Conservative what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Majority | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice Warren E. Burger | Majority | |
| Justice Harry A. Blackmun | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice William H. Rehnquist | Majority | |
| Justice John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services et al. v. Florida Nursing Home Association et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1980-045, docket 1980-045-01.
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