UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION v. STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN (1971) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION v. STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1971
Decided: April 5, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Harlan II • Byron White

UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION v. STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1971.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Commercial speech, attorneys (cf. commercial speech)
Petitioner: Union member
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 401 U.S. 576
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: Hugo Black

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 liberal.

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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