AARON v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (1980) - Ballotpedia

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AARON v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1980
Decided: June 2, 1980
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

AARON v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1980. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1980.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Securities and Exchange Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 446 U.S. 680
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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