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HARMON v. BRUCKER, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (1958)

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HARMON v. BRUCKER, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1958
Decided: March 3, 1958
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Tom Clark

HARMON v. BRUCKER, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1958.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Army
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 355 U.S. 579
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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