ARMSTRONG et al. v. UNITED STATES (1960) - Ballotpedia

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ARMSTRONG et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1960
Decided: June 27, 1960
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

ARMSTRONG et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1960. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1960.

In a 6-3 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: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 364 U.S. 40
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: Hugo Black

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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