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UNITED STATES et al. v. RICHARDSON (1974)

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UNITED STATES et al. v. RICHARDSON
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1973
Decided: June 25, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES et al. v. RICHARDSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1974. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1973.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: taxpayer's suit
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 418 U.S. 166
  • 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: Warren Burger

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.

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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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