In re RUFFALO (1968)

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In re RUFFALO
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1968
Decided: April 8, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White

In re RUFFALO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1968.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Admission to a state or federal bar, disbarment, and attorney discipline (cf. loyalty oath: bar applicants)
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 544
  • 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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