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GRISHAM v. HAGAN, WARDEN (1960)

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GRISHAM v. HAGAN, WARDEN
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1959
Decided: January 18, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II
Dissenting
Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

GRISHAM v. HAGAN, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1959.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 361 U.S. 278
  • 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: Tom Clark

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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