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KENT v. UNITED STATES (1966)

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KENT v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1966
Decided: March 21, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

KENT v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1966.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 541
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Abe Fortas

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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