SHAPIRO, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE OF CONNECTICUT v. THOMPSON (1969) - Ballotpedia

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SHAPIRO, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE OF CONNECTICUT v. THOMPSON

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1968
Decided: April 21, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Earl Warren

SHAPIRO, COMMISSIONER OF WELFARE OF CONNECTICUT v. THOMPSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1969. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut 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 - poverty law, constitutional
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Connecticut
Respondent type: Nonresident
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 394 U.S. 618
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 Brennan

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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