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PARKER v. ILLINOIS (May 17, 1948)

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PARKER v. ILLINOIS |
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Term: 1947 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 13, 1948 |
Decided: May 17, 1948 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
4-4 |
Equally divided vote |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
PARKER v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1948. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1948.
In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower 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: -
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Illinois
- Citation: 334 U.S. 816
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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