UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO. (1982)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO.
	Term: 1981
Important Dates
	Argued: March 31, 1982
	Decided: May 17, 1982
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Sandra Day O'Connor

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1982.

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 District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of State
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 456 U.S. 595
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.