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FIELDS et al. v. CITY OF FAIRFIELD. (1963)

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FIELDS et al. v. CITY OF FAIRFIELD.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1963
Decided: December 16, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

FIELDS et al. v. CITY OF FAIRFIELD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1963.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama 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 - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
  • Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 375 U.S. 248
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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