JENNESS et al. v. FORTSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA (1971) - Ballotpedia

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JENNESS et al. v. FORTSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1971
Decided: June 21, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • John Harlan II

JENNESS et al. v. FORTSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1971. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1971.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Ballot access (of candidates and political parties)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Georgia
Citation: 403 U.S. 431
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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