CAMERON et al. v. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, et al. (1965) - Ballotpedia

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CAMERON et al. v. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, et al.

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Decided: June 7, 1965
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

CAMERON et al. v. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1965.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 381 U.S. 741
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 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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