DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE et al. v. ROSE et al. (1976) - Ballotpedia

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE et al. v. ROSE et al.

Term: 1975
Important Dates
Argued: October 8, 1975
Decided: April 21, 1976
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE et al. v. ROSE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1976. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1975.

In a 5-3 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Air Force
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Journalist, columnist, member of the news media
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 425 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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