Open Eye

A plain-language record of the U.S. government

October Term 2002 · decided Jan 15, 2003

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al.

In plain language

  • Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security v. Peabody Coal Company et al., OT 2002, January 15, 2003.
  • Citation: 537 U.S. 149.
  • Vote: 6 to 3.
  • Issue area: Civil Rights.

Recorded metadata

Decided 2003-01-15 (October Term 2002). Citation: 537 U.S. 149. Vote: 6–3. Issue area: Civil Rights. (Metadata from the Supreme Court Database.)

Read the full opinion

How each justice voted

Positions are recorded by the Supreme Court Database. A concurrence agrees with the outcome while writing or joining a separate opinion.