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SMITH v. BUTLER et al., TRUSTEES (1961)

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SMITH v. BUTLER et al., TRUSTEES
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: March 27, 1961
Decided: April 24, 1961
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

SMITH v. BUTLER et al., TRUSTEES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1961. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1961.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 366 U.S. 161
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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.

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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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