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STEFFEL v. THOMPSON et al.

Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1973
Decided: March 19, 1974
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White

STEFFEL v. THOMPSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1973.

In a 9-0 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 Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: criminal procedure
Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shopping center, mall
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 415 U.S. 452
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 Brennan

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.

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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