ALDRICH v. ALDRICH et al. (1963)

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ALDRICH v. ALDRICH et al.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1963
Decided: December 16, 1963
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

ALDRICH v. ALDRICH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1963. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1963.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
  • Petitioner: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 375 U.S. 249
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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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