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GALLEGOS v. NEBRASKA (1951)

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GALLEGOS v. NEBRASKA
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: October 8, 1951
Decided: November 26, 1951
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Judgment of the court
Stanley Reed
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

GALLEGOS v. NEBRASKA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 26, 1951. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1951.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska 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: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nebraska
  • Citation: 342 U.S. 55
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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