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LINDSEY et al. v. NORMET et al. (1972)

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LINDSEY et al. v. NORMET et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1971
Decided: February 23, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
5-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas

LINDSEY et al. v. NORMET et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1972. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1971.

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 Oregon 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: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 405 U.S. 56
  • 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: Byron White

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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