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GOTTHILF v. SILLS et al. (1963)

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GOTTHILF v. SILLS et al.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: October 24, 1963
Decided: November 18, 1963
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

GOTTHILF v. SILLS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1963. The case was argued before the court on October 24, 1963.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 375 U.S. 79
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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