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DAYTON v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: April 10, 1958
Decided: June 16, 1958
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

DAYTON v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1958.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: Person traveling or wishing to travel abroad, or overseas travel agent
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 357 U.S. 144
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: William Douglas

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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