HARMAN et al. v. FORSSENIUS et al. (1965)

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HARMAN et al. v. FORSSENIUS et al.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1965
Decided: April 27, 1965
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

HARMAN et al. v. FORSSENIUS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1965. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern 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: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 380 U.S. 528
  • 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 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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