ROPER v. UNITED STATES et al. (1961)

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ROPER v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1961
Decided: November 6, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

ROPER v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 6, 1961. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1961.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern 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: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 368 U.S. 20
  • 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 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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