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COPPEDGE v. UNITED STATES (1962)

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COPPEDGE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1961
Decided: April 30, 1962
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II

COPPEDGE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1962. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1961.

In a 5-2 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 District Of Columbia U.S. District 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: Civil Rights - indigents: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 369 U.S. 438
  • 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: Earl Warren

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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