MARTIN v. WALTON, PROBATE JUDGE OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS (1961) - Ballotpedia

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MARTIN v. WALTON, PROBATE JUDGE OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS

Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1961
Decided: November 6, 1961
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

MARTIN v. WALTON, PROBATE JUDGE OF JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 6, 1961. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1961.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 368 U.S. 25
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
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 conservative.

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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