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MONTANA v. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL (1961)

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MONTANA v. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1961
Decided: May 22, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkFelix FrankfurterJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenCharles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

MONTANA v. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1961.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern 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 - immigration and naturalization: citizenship
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 366 U.S. 308
  • 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: John Harlan II

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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