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Legal Citation: 468 U.S. 841 (1984)

Appellant
Selective Service System of the United States

Appellee
Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, et al.

Appellant's Claim
That section 12(f) of the Military Selective Service Act did not constitute a bill of attainder or a violation of the Fifth Amendment protection against compelled self-incrimination.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Rex E. Lee, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William J. Keppel

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall (Harry A. Blackmun did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
5 July 1984