KINSELLA, WARDEN, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SINGLETON (1960) - Ballotpedia

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KINSELLA, WARDEN, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SINGLETON

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: October 22, 1959
Decided: January 18, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

KINSELLA, WARDEN, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. SINGLETON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1959.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 361 U.S. 234
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: Tom Clark

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.

See also

External links

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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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