RESCUE ARMY ET AL. v. MUNICIPAL COURT OF LOS ANGELES (1947) - Ballotpedia

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RESCUE ARMY ET AL. v. MUNICIPAL COURT OF LOS ANGELES

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1947
Decided: June 9, 1947
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Douglas • Frank Murphy

RESCUE ARMY ET AL. v. MUNICIPAL COURT OF LOS ANGELES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 1947. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1947.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California State Trial 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: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 331 U.S. 549
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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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