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MURDOCK v. PENNSYLVANIA (CITY OF JEANNETTE)

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1943
Decided: May 3, 1943
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts

MURDOCK v. PENNSYLVANIA (CITY OF JEANNETTE) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1943. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1943.

In a 5-4 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 Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 319 U.S. 105
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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