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UNITED STATES et al. v. LARIONOFF et al. (1977)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES et al. v. LARIONOFF et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1977
Decided: June 13, 1977
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

UNITED STATES et al. v. LARIONOFF et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1977. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1977.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 431 U.S. 864
  • 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.

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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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