JONES v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TENNESSEE et al. (1970)

JONES v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TENNESSEE et al.
	Term: 1969
Important Dates
	Argued: January 19, 1970
	Decided: February 24, 1970
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Hugo Black
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas

JONES v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TENNESSEE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1970. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1970.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority student or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Specified state board or department of education
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 397 U.S. 31
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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 conservative.