UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE et al. (1974)

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UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE et al.
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Decided: October 29, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 29, 1974.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 419 U.S. 7
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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