CARROLL et al. v. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCESS ANNE et al. (1968)

CARROLL et al. v. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCESS ANNE et al.
	Term: 1968
Important Dates
	Argued: October 21, 1968
	Decided: November 19, 1968
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	Hugo Black • William Douglas

CARROLL et al. v. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCESS ANNE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 393 U.S. 175
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: 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.