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SOUTH CAROLINA v. KATZENBACH, ATTORNEY GENERAL (1966)

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SOUTH CAROLINA v. KATZENBACH, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1966
Decided: March 7, 1966
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black

SOUTH CAROLINA v. KATZENBACH, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1966. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1966.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: South Carolina
  • Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 301
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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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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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