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S&E CONTRACTORS, INC. v. UNITED STATES (1972)

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S&E CONTRACTORS, INC. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1971
Decided: April 24, 1972
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Douglas
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

S&E CONTRACTORS, INC. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1972. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1971.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Government contractor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Atomic Energy Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 406 U.S. 1
  • 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 Douglas

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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