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PARKER v. ELLIS, GENERAL MANAGER, TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM (1960)

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PARKER v. ELLIS, GENERAL MANAGER, TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1960
Decided: May 16, 1960
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Tom Clark • John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

PARKER v. ELLIS, GENERAL MANAGER, TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1960. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1960.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 574
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 conservative.

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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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