BREEDLOVE v. SUTTLES, TAX COLLECTOR (1937) - Ballotpedia

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BREEDLOVE v. SUTTLES, TAX COLLECTOR

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1937
Decided: December 6, 1937
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland

BREEDLOVE v. SUTTLES, TAX COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1937. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1937.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 302 U.S. 277
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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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