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SHAPIRO, WELFARE COMMISSIONER OF CONNECTICUT v. DOE

Term: 1969
Important Dates
Decided: January 26, 1970
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

SHAPIRO, WELFARE COMMISSIONER OF CONNECTICUT v. DOE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1970.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Connecticut
Respondent type: Indigent, needy, welfare recipient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 396 U.S. 488
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
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 conservative.

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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