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SHELTON et al. v. TUCKER et al. (1960)
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| SHELTON et al. v. TUCKER et al. |
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| Term: 1960 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 7, 1960 |
| Decided: December 12, 1960 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker |
SHELTON et al. v. TUCKER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1960. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1960.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
- Petitioner: Minority governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: Arkansas
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Arkansas
- Citation: 364 U.S. 479
- 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: Potter Stewart
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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