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HOWARD v. LYONS et al.

Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1958
Decided: June 29, 1959
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

HOWARD v. LYONS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1959. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1958.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 360 U.S. 593
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: John Harlan II

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 conservative.

See also

External links

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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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