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ARCENEAUX v. LOUISIANA (1964)

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ARCENEAUX v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1964
Decided: March 9, 1964
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasArthur GoldbergJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White

ARCENEAUX v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana 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 - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 376 U.S. 336
  • 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 conservative.

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