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GREGORY et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO (1969)

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GREGORY et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1968
Decided: March 10, 1969
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

GREGORY et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1969. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1968.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 111
  • 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: Earl Warren

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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