SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (1972)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
	Term: 1971
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1971
	Decided: January 10, 1972
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1972. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1971.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
Petitioner: Securities and Exchange Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 404 U.S. 403
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: Thurgood Marshall

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.