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ROUDEBUSH v. HARTKE et al. (1972)

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ROUDEBUSH v. HARTKE et al.
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1971
Decided: February 23, 1972
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas

ROUDEBUSH v. HARTKE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1972. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1971.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 405 U.S. 15
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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