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PALMER v. CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO (1971)

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PALMER v. CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1971
Decided: May 24, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

PALMER v. CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1971.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Ohio
  • Citation: 402 U.S. 544
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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 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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