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GERSTEIN et al. v. COE et al. (1974)

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GERSTEIN et al. v. COE et al.
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Decided: June 3, 1974
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

GERSTEIN et al. v. COE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1974.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida Southern 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 - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: Female
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 417 U.S. 279
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 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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