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STANTON v. STANTON (1975)

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STANTON v. STANTON
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1975
Decided: April 15, 1975
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

STANTON v. STANTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1975. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 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 Utah State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Father
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 421 U.S. 7
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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 liberal.

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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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