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In re SAWYER (1959)

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In re SAWYER
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: May 19, 1959
Decided: June 29, 1959
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
William Brennan
Majority
William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Hugo Black • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

In re SAWYER 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 May 19, 1959.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Hawaii State Supreme 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • 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 or U.S. supreme court
  • Respondent state: Hawaii
  • Citation: 360 U.S. 622
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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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