LUCY et al. v. ADAMS, DEAN OF ADMISSIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (1955) - Ballotpedia

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LUCY et al. v. ADAMS, DEAN OF ADMISSIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Term: 1955
Important Dates
Decided: October 10, 1955
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren

LUCY et al. v. ADAMS, DEAN OF ADMISSIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 10, 1955.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation, schools
Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority student or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State college or university
Respondent state: Alabama
Citation: 350 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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.

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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