UNITED STATES v. WEBER AIRCRAFT CORP. et al. (1984)

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UNITED STATES v. WEBER AIRCRAFT CORP. et al.
Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1984
Decided: March 20, 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. WEBER AIRCRAFT CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1984. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Airplane manufacturer, or manufacturer of parts of airplanes
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 465 U.S. 792
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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