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BLAU v. LEHMAN et al. (1962)

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BLAU v. LEHMAN et al.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1961
Decided: January 22, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas • Earl Warren

BLAU v. LEHMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1962. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1961.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 368 U.S. 403
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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