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GONDECK v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al. (1965)

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GONDECK v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: October 18, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Tom Clark
Dissenting
John Harlan II

GONDECK v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 18, 1965.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Airline
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 25
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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