HOPKINS v. COHEN, ACTING SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE (1968)

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HOPKINS v. COHEN, ACTING SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 11, 1968
Decided: April 2, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • Earl Warren • Byron White

HOPKINS v. COHEN, ACTING SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1968.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: Disabled person or disability benefit claimant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 530
  • 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: William Douglas

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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