AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN BORN v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD (1965)

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN BORN v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
	Term: 1964
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1964
	Decided: April 26, 1965
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • John Harlan II

AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN BORN v. SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1965. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1964.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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 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: 380 U.S. 503
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.