ADLER ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (1952) - Ballotpedia

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ADLER ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: January 3, 1952
Decided: March 3, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

ADLER ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1952. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1952.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Security risks: denial of benefits or dismissal of employees for reasons other than failure to meet loyalty oath requirements
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 342 U.S. 485
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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.

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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