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HANNA v. PLUMER, EXECUTOR (1965)

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HANNA v. PLUMER, EXECUTOR
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1965
Decided: April 26, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II

HANNA v. PLUMER, EXECUTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 26, 1965. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District 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: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
  • Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Out of state noncriminal defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 380 U.S. 460
  • 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: 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 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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