BELLOTTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al. v. BAIRD et al. (1979) - Ballotpedia

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BELLOTTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al. v. BAIRD et al.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1979
Decided: July 2, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Judgment of the court
Lewis Powell
Majority
Warren Burger • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Byron White

BELLOTTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al. v. BAIRD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1979. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1979.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Juvenile
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 443 U.S. 622
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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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