BEILAN v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA (1958) - Ballotpedia

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BEILAN v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1958
Decided: June 30, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

BEILAN v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1958. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1958.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Security risks: denial of benefits or dismissal of employees for reasons other than failure to meet loyalty oath requirements
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 357 U.S. 399
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: Harold Burton

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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