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RABINOWITZ et al. v. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1964
Decided: March 30, 1964
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

RABINOWITZ et al. v. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1964. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 376 U.S. 605
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: Arthur Goldberg

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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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