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ASHTON v. KENTUCKY (1966)

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ASHTON v. KENTUCKY
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1966
Decided: May 16, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

ASHTON v. KENTUCKY 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 April 28, 1966.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky 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: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
  • Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Kentucky
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 195
  • 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: 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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