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POE et al. v. ULLMAN, STATE'S ATTORNEY (1961)

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POE et al. v. ULLMAN, STATE'S ATTORNEY
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1961
Decided: June 19, 1961
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Felix Frankfurter
Majority
Tom Clark • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

POE et al. v. ULLMAN, STATE'S ATTORNEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1961.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Connecticut State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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 - Standing to sue: justiciable question
  • Petitioner: Spouse, or former spouse
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Massachusetts
  • Citation: 367 U.S. 497
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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