Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City
397 U.S. 50 · Decided February 25, 1970 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City was decided on February 25, 1970 by a vote of 5–3. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Hugo L. Black wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Untimely filing” in the Judicial Power area. SCDB records that the Court declared a state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision unconstitutional.
Read the opinion
Case details
- Citations
- 397 U.S. 50 · 90 S. Ct. 791 · 25 L. Ed. 2d 45 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 65
- Docket number
- 37
- Decided
- February 25, 1970
- Argued
- November 10, 1969
- 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
- 5–3
- Majority opinion
- Hugo L. Black
- Opinion assigned by
- Hugo L. Black
- How the case arrived
- Appeal
- Issue (SCDB)
- Untimely filing
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Legal provision
- Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Held unconstitutional
- A state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Majority | |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Dissent | |
| Justice Byron R. White | Majority | |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall | Majority | |
| Chief Justice Warren E. Burger | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Hadley et al. v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1969-045, docket 1969-045-01.
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