BATES et al. v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK et al. (1960)

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BATES et al. v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK et al.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1959
Decided: February 23, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas

BATES et al. v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1960. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1959.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Arkansas
  • Citation: 361 U.S. 516
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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