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

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
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 BrennanPotter StewartEarl WarrenCharles Whittaker
Concurring
Tom ClarkFelix FrankfurterJohn Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo BlackWilliam 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.

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.

[1]

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

Footnotes