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MCGOWAN et al. v. MARYLAND (1961)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
MCGOWAN et al. v. MARYLAND
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1960
Decided: May 29, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II
Dissenting
William Douglas

MCGOWAN et al. v. MARYLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1961. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1960.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Maryland
  • Citation: 366 U.S. 420
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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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