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UNITED STATES v. LORENZETTI (1984)

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UNITED STATES v. LORENZETTI |
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Term: 1983 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 23, 1984 |
Decided: May 29, 1984 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
UNITED STATES v. LORENZETTI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1984.
In a 9-0 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: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 467 U.S. 167
- 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: Harry Blackmun
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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