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GOLDMAN v. WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al.

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1986
Decided: March 25, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor

GOLDMAN v. WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1986. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
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: 475 U.S. 503
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 Rehnquist

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.

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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