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ALABAMA v. TEXAS et al. (1954)

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ALABAMA v. TEXAS et al.
Term: 1953
Important Dates
Argued: February 3, 1954
Decided: March 15, 1954
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton
Concurring
Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

ALABAMA v. TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1954. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1954.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 347 U.S. 272
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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