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GIBSON v. UNITED STATES (1946)

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GIBSON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: January 2, 1946
Decided: December 23, 1946
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Frank Murphy

GIBSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1946. The case was argued before the court on January 2, 1946.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Dakota South Dakota U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, 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 - Conscientious objectors (cf. military draftee or military active duty) to military service
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 329 U.S. 338
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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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