LOWE et al. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (1985) - Ballotpedia

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LOWE et al. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1985
Decided: June 10, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

LOWE et al. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1985. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1985.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Securities and Exchange Commission
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 472 U.S. 181
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: John Paul Stevens

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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