In re WHITTINGTON (1968)

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In re WHITTINGTON
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1968
Decided: May 20, 1968
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Byron White

In re WHITTINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1968. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1968.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 391 U.S. 341
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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