UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION et al. v. GERAGHTY (1980) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION et al. v. GERAGHTY

Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 2, 1979
Decided: March 19, 1980
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION et al. v. GERAGHTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 1979.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: live dispute
Petitioner: United States Parole Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 445 U.S. 388
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: 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.

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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