SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. SLOAN (1978)

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. SLOAN
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1978
Decided: May 15, 1978
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. SLOAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1978. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1978.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
  • Petitioner: Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 103
  • 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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