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FRONTIERO ET VIR v. RICHARDSON, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. (1973)
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| FRONTIERO ET VIR v. RICHARDSON, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. |
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| Term: 1972 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 17, 1973 |
| Decided: May 14, 1973 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Judgment of the court |
| William Brennan |
| Majority |
| William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart |
| Dissenting |
| William Rehnquist |
FRONTIERO ET VIR v. RICHARDSON, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1973.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
- Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 411 U.S. 677
- 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: 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.
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