HYNES et al. v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOROUGH OF ORADELL et al. (1976)

HYNES et al. v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOROUGH OF ORADELL et al.
	Term: 1975
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 1975
	Decided: May 19, 1976
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist

HYNES et al. v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOROUGH OF ORADELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1976. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1975.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 425 U.S. 610
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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.