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BOUIE et al. v. CITY OF COLUMBIA

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1963
Decided: June 22, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Byron White

BOUIE et al. v. CITY OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1964. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1963.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - sit-in demonstrations (protests against racial discrimination in places of public accommodation)
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: South Carolina
Citation: 378 U.S. 347
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 Brennan

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.

See also

External links

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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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