ELDER ET AL. v. BRANNAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (1951)

ELDER ET AL. v. BRANNAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
	Term: 1950
Important Dates
	Argued: April 11, 1951
	Decided: May 7, 1951
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black

ELDER ET AL. v. BRANNAN, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1951. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1951.

In an 8-1 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 District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 341 U.S. 277
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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.