HUGHES ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (1950)

HUGHES ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
	Term: 1949
Important Dates
	Argued: November 8, 1949
	Decided: May 8, 1950
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
	Hugo Black • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed

HUGHES ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1950. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1949.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 339 U.S. 460
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.