PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 562 et al. v. UNITED STATES (1972)
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| PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 562 et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1971 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 11, 1972 |
| Decided: June 22, 1972 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Warren Burger • Lewis Powell |
PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 562 et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1972.
In a 6-2 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 Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
- Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 407 U.S. 385
- 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: William Brennan
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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