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CASE v. NEBRASKA (1965)

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CASE v. NEBRASKA
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1965
Decided: May 24, 1965
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Tom Clark

CASE v. NEBRASKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1965. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1965.

In a 9-0 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 Nebraska State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: change in state law (cf. no merits: remand to determine basis of state court decision)
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nebraska
  • Citation: 381 U.S. 336
  • 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 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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