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CARLSON v. CALIFORNIA (1940)
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| CARLSON v. CALIFORNIA |
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| Term: 1939 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 29, 1940 |
| Decided: April 22, 1940 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Dissenting |
| James Clark McReynolds |
CARLSON v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1940. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1940.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
- Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: California
- Citation: 310 U.S. 106
- 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: Frank Murphy
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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