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SACHER v. UNITED STATES (1958)

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SACHER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Decided: May 19, 1958
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Charles Whittaker

SACHER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1958.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Legislative investigations: concerning internal security only
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 356 U.S. 576
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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