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JUIDICE et al., JUDGES v. VAIL et al. (1977)

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JUIDICE et al., JUDGES v. VAIL et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1976
Decided: March 22, 1977
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

JUIDICE et al., JUDGES v. VAIL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1977. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1976.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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 - comity: civil rights
  • Petitioner: Judge
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 430 U.S. 327
  • 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: 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.

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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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