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RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE v. CORT

Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: October 11, 1961
Decided: April 2, 1962
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE v. CORT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 1962. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1961.

In a 5-3 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.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: loss of citizenship, denaturalization
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of State
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 369 U.S. 367
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.

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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