SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORP. v. BARBOUR et al. (1975) - Ballotpedia

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SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORP. v. BARBOUR et al.

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: March 17, 1975
Decided: May 19, 1975
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORP. v. BARBOUR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1975. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 1975.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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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: Investor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 421 U.S. 412
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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