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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY v. AVRECH (1974)

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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY v. AVRECH
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1974
Decided: July 8, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY v. AVRECH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 8, 1974. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1974.

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.

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 - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 418 U.S. 676
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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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