Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.

DIXON v. DUFFY, WARDEN (1951)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
DIXON v. DUFFY, WARDEN
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1951
Decided: November 5, 1951
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas

DIXON v. DUFFY, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1951. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1951.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the California State Supreme Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 342 U.S. 33
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • 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 conservative.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=DIXON_v._DUFFY,_WARDEN_(1951)&oldid=9489845"