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UNITED STATES v. HELSTOSKI

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1979
Decided: June 18, 1979
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. HELSTOSKI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1979. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1979.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 442 U.S. 477
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.

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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