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FAIRFAX FAMILY FUND, INC. v. CALIFORNIA (1965)

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FAIRFAX FAMILY FUND, INC. v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: October 11, 1965
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

FAIRFAX FAMILY FUND, INC. v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 11, 1965.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California 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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 conservative.

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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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