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MALONE v. BOWDOIN et al. (1962)

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MALONE v. BOWDOIN et al.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1962
Decided: May 14, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
William Douglas • John Harlan II

MALONE v. BOWDOIN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1962. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1962.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 369 U.S. 643
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.

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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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