HESS, ADMINISTRATOR, v. UNITED STATES (1960) - Ballotpedia

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HESS, ADMINISTRATOR, v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1959
Decided: January 18, 1960
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

HESS, ADMINISTRATOR, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1959.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oregon 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 361 U.S. 314
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: Potter Stewart

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.

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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