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BUCOLO et al. v. ADKINS, CHIEF JUSTICE, et al. (1976)

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BUCOLO et al. v. ADKINS, CHIEF JUSTICE, et al.
Term: 1975
Important Dates
Decided: March 8, 1976
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

BUCOLO et al. v. ADKINS, CHIEF JUSTICE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1976.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Florida State Trial 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: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: state or U.S. supreme court
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 424 U.S. 641
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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