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BARTNICKI et al. v. VOPPER, AKA WILLIAMS, et al.

Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 2000
Decided: May 21, 2001
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

BARTNICKI et al. v. VOPPER, AKA WILLIAMS, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 2001. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2000.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, privacy: true and false light invasions of privacy
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Journalist, columnist, member of the news media
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 532 U.S. 514
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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