REGAN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, et al. v. WALD et al. (1984) - Ballotpedia

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REGAN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, et al. v. WALD et al.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1984
Decided: June 28, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell

REGAN, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, et al. v. WALD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1984.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Treasury
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person traveling or wishing to travel abroad, or overseas travel agent
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 468 U.S. 222
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 Rehnquist

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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