ROWOLDT v. PERFETTO, ACTING OFFICER IN CHARGE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1957)

ROWOLDT v. PERFETTO, ACTING OFFICER IN CHARGE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1956
	Decided: December 9, 1957
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

ROWOLDT v. PERFETTO, ACTING OFFICER IN CHARGE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1957. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1956.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 115
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: Felix Frankfurter

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.