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AMELL et al. v. UNITED STATES (1966)
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| AMELL et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1965 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 24, 1966 |
| Decided: May 16, 1966 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
AMELL et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1966.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
- Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: United States
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 384 U.S. 158
- 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: Earl Warren
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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