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UNITED STATES v. WILL et al.

Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1980
Decided: December 15, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. WILL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1980.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Miscellaneous - Miscellaneous
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 449 U.S. 200
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 unspecifiable.

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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