EDWARDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA (1963)

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EDWARDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1962
Decided: February 25, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark

EDWARDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1962.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: South Carolina
  • Citation: 372 U.S. 229
  • 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: 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.

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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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