In re SNYDER (1985)
In re SNYDER |
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Term: 1984 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 16, 1985 |
Decided: June 24, 1985 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White |
In re SNYDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1985. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1985.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Admission to a state or federal bar, disbarment, and attorney discipline (cf. loyalty oath: bar applicants)
- Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Judge
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 472 U.S. 634
- 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: 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 liberal.
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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