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FOWLER v. RHODE ISLAND (1953)

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FOWLER v. RHODE ISLAND
Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: February 3, 1953
Decided: March 9, 1953
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

FOWLER v. RHODE ISLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1953. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1953.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Rhode Island
  • Citation: 345 U.S. 67
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • 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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