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GIBSON v. FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1962
Decided: March 25, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

GIBSON v. FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1963. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1962.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State legislature, house, or committee
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 372 U.S. 539
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: Arthur Goldberg

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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