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MILLS et al. v. LOUISIANA (1959)

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MILLS et al. v. LOUISIANA
Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1959
Decided: June 8, 1959
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

MILLS et al. v. LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1959. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1959.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Self-incrimination, immunity from prosecution
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 360 U.S. 230
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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.

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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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