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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION v. THE DARLINGTON, INC. (1958)

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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION v. THE DARLINGTON, INC.
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1958
Decided: November 24, 1958
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION v. THE DARLINGTON, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 24, 1958. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1958.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
  • Petitioner: Federal Housing Administration
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 358 U.S. 84
  • 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: 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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