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MCKART v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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MCKART v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1969
Decided: May 26, 1969
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Douglas • Byron White

MCKART v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1969. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1969.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern 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: Civil Rights - military: draftee, or person subject to induction
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 395 U.S. 185
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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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