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HUFFMAN v. BOERSEN (1972)

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HUFFMAN v. BOERSEN
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1972
Decided: May 15, 1972
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

HUFFMAN v. BOERSEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1972. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1972.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Nebraska 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: Civil Rights - indigents: costs or filing fees
  • Petitioner: Spouse, or former spouse
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Spouse, or former spouse
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 337
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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