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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY et al. v. HUFF et al. (1980)

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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY et al. v. HUFF et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 1979
Decided: January 21, 1980
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY et al. v. HUFF et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1980. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1979.

In a 5-3 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: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 444 U.S. 453
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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