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SCHNEIDER v. RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE (1964)

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SCHNEIDER v. RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1964
Decided: May 18, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Byron White

SCHNEIDER v. RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1964. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1964.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: loss of citizenship, denaturalization
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 377 U.S. 163
  • 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: William Douglas

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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