KESLER v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF UTAH (1962)

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KESLER v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF UTAH
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1961
Decided: March 26, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

KESLER v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF UTAH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1962. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1961.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah 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: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State department or agency
  • Respondent state: Utah
  • Citation: 369 U.S. 153
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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