ARKANSAS v. TEXAS et al. (1953)

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ARKANSAS v. TEXAS et al.
Term: 1953
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1953
Decided: November 16, 1953
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton

ARKANSAS v. TEXAS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1953. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1953.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, 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: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 346 U.S. 368
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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 Douglas

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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