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LELAND v. OREGON (1952)

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LELAND v. OREGON |
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Term: 1951 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 29, 1952 |
Decided: June 9, 1952 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter |
LELAND v. OREGON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1952. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1952.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Oregon
- Citation: 343 U.S. 790
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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