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SEC v. Sloan

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-1607
Petitioner: 
Securities and Exchange Commission
Respondent: 
Sloan
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
436 U.S. 103 (1978)
Argued: 
March 27-28, 1978
Decided: 
Monday, May 15, 1978
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Federal Regulation of Securities

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The Oyez Project, SEC v. Sloan , 436 U.S. 103 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_1607)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Sloan, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or the Williams Act

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Brennan's concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist