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GARNER et al. v. LOUISIANA (1961)
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| GARNER et al. v. LOUISIANA |
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| Term: 1961 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 18, 1961 |
| Decided: December 11, 1961 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker |
| Concurring |
| William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II |
GARNER et al. v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1961. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1961.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - sit-in demonstrations (protests against racial discrimination in places of public accommodation)
- Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 368 U.S. 157
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren
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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