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SAMPSON, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. MURRAY (1974)

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SAMPSON, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. MURRAY
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1973
Decided: February 19, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

SAMPSON, ADMINISTRATOR, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, et al. v. MURRAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1973.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: General Services Administration
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 415 U.S. 61
  • 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.

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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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