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Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins

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Advocates
James H. Heller (on behalf of the Respondent)
Kathryn A. Oberly (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1167
Petitioner: 
Price Waterhouse
Respondent: 
Hopkins
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 228 (1989)
Argued: 
Monday, October 31, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, May 1, 1989
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Sex Discrimination in Employment
Categories: 
sex discrimination, employment

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins , 490 U.S. 228 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1167)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Price Waterhouse, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Rehnquist
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Wrote a special concurrence
O'Connor
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Scalia
Wrote a dissent
Kennedy

Judgment of the Court by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.