SCALES v. UNITED STATES (1961)

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SCALES v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1959
Decided: June 5, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

SCALES v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1961. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1959.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Middle 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: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 367 U.S. 203
  • 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: John Harlan II

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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