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CARITATIVO v. CALIFORNIA et al. (1958)

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CARITATIVO v. CALIFORNIA et al.
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: May 21, 1958
Decided: June 30, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

CARITATIVO v. CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1958. The case was argued before the court on May 21, 1958.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Supreme 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: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 357 U.S. 549
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 conservative.

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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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