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PORTER v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. (1962)

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PORTER v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1962
Decided: June 11, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas

PORTER v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1962. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1962.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District 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: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: Veteran
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 370 U.S. 159
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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