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CALIFORNIA v. TAYLOR et al. (1957)

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CALIFORNIA v. TAYLOR et al.
Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1957
Decided: June 3, 1957
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

CALIFORNIA v. TAYLOR et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1957. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1957.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: California
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 353 U.S. 553
  • 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 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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