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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM et al. v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP et al.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1984
Decided: July 5, 1984
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM et al. v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 5, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1984.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
Petitioner: Selective Service System
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 468 U.S. 841
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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

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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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