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UNITED STATES v. JACOBS, AKA 'MRS. KRAMER' (1978)

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UNITED STATES v. JACOBS, AKA 'MRS. KRAMER'
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1977
Decided: May 1, 1978
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. JACOBS, AKA 'MRS. KRAMER' is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1978. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1977.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Eastern 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 - no merits: writ improvidently granted
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 436 U.S. 31
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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