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PUBLIC CITIZEN v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al.

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1989
Decided: June 21, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

PUBLIC CITIZEN v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1989.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Public interest organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department of Justice or Attorney General
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 491 U.S. 440
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.

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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