PARKER, WARDEN, et al. v. LEVY (1974)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
PARKER, WARDEN, et al. v. LEVY
Term: 1973
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1974
Decided: June 19, 1974
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

PARKER, WARDEN, et al. v. LEVY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1974. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1974.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle 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: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 417 U.S. 733
  • 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: William Rehnquist

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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