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NIEMOTKO v. MARYLAND (1951)

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NIEMOTKO v. MARYLAND
Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1950
Decided: January 15, 1951
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter

NIEMOTKO v. MARYLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1951. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1950.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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

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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: State
  • Respondent state: Maryland
  • Citation: 340 U.S. 268
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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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