Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
140 S. Ct. 2367 · Decided July 8, 2020 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania was decided on July 8, 2020 by a vote of 7–2. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Judicial review of agency actions” in the Judicial Power area.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2019
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 19-431
Case details
- Citations
- 140 S. Ct. 2367 · 207 L. Ed. 2d 819 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3546
- Docket number
- 19-431
- Decided
- July 8, 2020
- Argued
- May 6, 2020
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- Opinion assigned by
- John G. Roberts Jr.
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Judicial review of agency actions
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Legal provision
- Affordable Care Act
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Conservative what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Stephen G. Breyer | Special concurrence | |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Concurrence | |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Majority |
Full case caption
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
SCDB identifiers: case 2019-060, docket 2019-060-01.
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