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DENNIS et al. v. UNITED STATES (1966)
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| DENNIS et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1965 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 20, 1966 |
| Decided: June 20, 1966 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas |
DENNIS et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1966. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1966.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Colorado 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
- Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 384 U.S. 855
- 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: Abe Fortas
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 conservative.
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