SECRETARY OF STATE OF MARYLAND v. JOSEPH H. MUNSON CO., INC. (1984) - Ballotpedia

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SECRETARY OF STATE OF MARYLAND v. JOSEPH H. MUNSON CO., INC.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 1983
Decided: June 26, 1984
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

SECRETARY OF STATE OF MARYLAND v. JOSEPH H. MUNSON CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1984. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1983.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Eleemosynary institution or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 467 U.S. 947
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: Harry Blackmun

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 liberal.

See also

External links

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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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