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OKLAHOMA v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1946
Decided: February 10, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Wiley Rutledge

OKLAHOMA v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1946.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Civil Service Commission, U.S.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 330 U.S. 127
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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.

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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