EGAN v. CITY OF AURORA et al. (1961)

EGAN v. CITY OF AURORA et al.
	Term: 1960
Important Dates
	Decided: March 6, 1961
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

EGAN v. CITY OF AURORA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1961.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 365 U.S. 514
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 liberal.