CRAMP v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE COUNTY (1961) - Ballotpedia

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CRAMP v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE COUNTY

Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1961
Decided: December 11, 1961
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas

CRAMP v. BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF ORANGE COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1961. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1961.

In a 9-0 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.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Loyalty oath: teachers
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 368 U.S. 278
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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