RAMSPECK ET AL. v. FEDERAL TRIAL EXAMINERS CONFERENCE ET AL. (1953) - Ballotpedia

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RAMSPECK ET AL. v. FEDERAL TRIAL EXAMINERS CONFERENCE ET AL.

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1953
Decided: March 9, 1953
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

RAMSPECK ET AL. v. FEDERAL TRIAL EXAMINERS CONFERENCE ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1953. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1953.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - employment discrimination: on basis of race, age, religion, illegitimacy, national origin, or working conditions.
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Civil Service Commission, U.S.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 345 U.S. 128
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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