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GOSPEL ARMY v. LOS ANGELES ET AL. (1947)

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GOSPEL ARMY v. LOS ANGELES ET AL.
Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1947
Decided: June 9, 1947
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

GOSPEL ARMY v. LOS ANGELES ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1947. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1947.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California State Trial 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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 331 U.S. 543
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 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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