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KOLDEN v. SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BOARD NO. 4 (1970)

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KOLDEN v. SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BOARD NO. 4
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: February 24, 1970
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

KOLDEN v. SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BOARD NO. 4 is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1970.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: draftee, or person subject to induction
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Selective Service System
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 47
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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