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HAMM v. CITY OF ROCK HILL (1964)

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HAMM v. CITY OF ROCK HILL
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1964
Decided: December 14, 1964
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

HAMM v. CITY OF ROCK HILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1964. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1964.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina 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: Civil Rights - sit-in demonstrations (protests against racial discrimination in places of public accommodation)
  • 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: South Carolina
  • Citation: 379 U.S. 306
  • 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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