In re SUMMERS (1945)

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in re SUMMERS
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1945
Decided: June 11, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
5-4
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

in re SUMMERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1945. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1945.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Supreme Court.

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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: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: state or U.S. supreme court
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 325 U.S. 561
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

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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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