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BROWN, SECRETARY OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. CHOTE (1973)

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BROWN, SECRETARY OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. CHOTE
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 1973
Decided: May 7, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

BROWN, SECRETARY OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. CHOTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1973. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1973.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 411 U.S. 452
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 liberal.

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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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