KISSINGER v. REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS et al. (1980)

KISSINGER v. REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS et al.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: October 31, 1979
	Decided: March 3, 1980
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	5-2
Majority
	Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • John Paul Stevens

KISSINGER v. REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1979.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Journalist, columnist, member of the news media
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 445 U.S. 136
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.