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BROWN et al. v. LOUISIANA (1966)

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BROWN et al. v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1965
Decided: February 23, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Abe Fortas
Majority
William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

BROWN et al. v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1966. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1965.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 131
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Abe Fortas

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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