PAPISH v. BOARD OF CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI et al. (1973) - Ballotpedia

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PAPISH v. BOARD OF CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI et al.

Term: 1972
Important Dates
Decided: March 19, 1973
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

PAPISH v. BOARD OF CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State college or university
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 410 U.S. 667
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
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 liberal.

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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