LAMONT, DBA BASIC PAMPHLETS v. POSTMASTER GENERAL (1965) - Ballotpedia

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LAMONT, DBA BASIC PAMPHLETS v. POSTMASTER GENERAL

Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1965
Decided: May 24, 1965
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II

LAMONT, DBA BASIC PAMPHLETS v. POSTMASTER GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1965. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1965.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 381 U.S. 301
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: William Douglas

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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