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UNITED STATES v. FULLER ET UX. (1973)
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| UNITED STATES v. FULLER ET UX. |
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| Term: 1972 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 18, 1972 |
| Decided: January 16, 1973 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell |
UNITED STATES v. FULLER ET UX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1972.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 409 U.S. 488
- 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.
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