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EPPERSON et al. v. ARKANSAS (1968)

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EPPERSON et al. v. ARKANSAS
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1968
Decided: November 17, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

EPPERSON et al. v. ARKANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1968. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas 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 - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Arkansas
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arkansas
  • Citation: 393 U.S. 97
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Abe Fortas

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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