ALBERTSON et al. v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD (1965)

ALBERTSON et al. v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
	Term: 1965
Important Dates
	Argued: October 18, 1965
	Decided: November 15, 1965
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark

ALBERTSON et al. v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1965. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1965.

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, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Subversive Activities Control Board
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 382 U.S. 70
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.