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ELFBRANDT v. RUSSELL et al. (1966)

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ELFBRANDT v. RUSSELL et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1966
Decided: April 18, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

ELFBRANDT v. RUSSELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1966. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1966.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona 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 - Loyalty oath: government employees
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Arizona
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 384 U.S. 11
  • 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: William Douglas

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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