MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. DAY, POSTMASTER GENERAL (1962)

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MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. DAY, POSTMASTER GENERAL
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1962
Decided: June 25, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-1
Judgment of the court
John Harlan II
Majority
Potter Stewart
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark

MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. DAY, POSTMASTER GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 1962. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1962.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Obscenity, federal
  • Petitioner: Magazine
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 370 U.S. 478
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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