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SNAPP v. NEAL, STATE AUDITOR, et al.

Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1965
Decided: January 18, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

SNAPP v. NEAL, STATE AUDITOR, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Mississippi
Citation: 382 U.S. 397
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.

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External links

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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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