MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF LEVIN et al. v. UNITED STATES (1965) - Ballotpedia

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MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF LEVIN et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1965
Important Dates
Decided: November 22, 1965
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II

MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF LEVIN et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 22, 1965.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 382 U.S. 159
How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
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

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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