HANNAH et al. v. LARCHE et al. (1960) - Ballotpedia

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HANNAH et al. v. LARCHE et al.

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1960
Decided: June 20, 1960
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

HANNAH et al. v. LARCHE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1960. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1960.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
Petitioner: Civil Rights Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 363 U.S. 420
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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