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MCGEE v. UNITED STATES (1971)

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MCGEE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1971
Decided: May 17, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

MCGEE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1971. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1971.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: First Amendment - Conscientious objectors (cf. military draftee or military active duty) to military service
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 402 U.S. 479
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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