BOKULICH et al. v. JURY COMMISSION OF GREENE COUNTY et al. (1969)

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BOKULICH et al. v. JURY COMMISSION OF GREENE COUNTY et al.
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

BOKULICH et al. v. JURY COMMISSION OF GREENE COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1969.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: criminal procedure
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 97
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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