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CHAMBERLIN et al. v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION et al. (1964)

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CHAMBERLIN et al. v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION et al.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Decided: June 1, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
Potter Stewart

CHAMBERLIN et al. v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1964.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida 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: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
  • Petitioner: Parent or parents
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 377 U.S. 402
  • 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.

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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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