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GRIGGS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY (1962)

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GRIGGS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1962
Decided: March 5, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter

GRIGGS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1962. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1962.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania 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: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 369 U.S. 84
  • 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: William Douglas

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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