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ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. ROBERTSON et al. (1975)

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ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. ROBERTSON et al.
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 1975
Decided: June 24, 1975
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas

ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. ROBERTSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1975. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1975.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
  • Petitioner: Federal Aviation Agency or Administration
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Consumer, consumer organization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 422 U.S. 255
  • 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: Warren Burger

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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