MORRIS v. WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE (1973) - Ballotpedia

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MORRIS v. WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1973
Decided: February 22, 1973
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

MORRIS v. WEINBERGER, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1973.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 410 U.S. 422
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

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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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