SPEISER v. RANDALL, ASSESSOR OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (1958)

SPEISER v. RANDALL, ASSESSOR OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: April 8, 1958
	Decided: June 30, 1958
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	William Brennan • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas
Dissenting
	Tom Clark

SPEISER v. RANDALL, ASSESSOR OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 8, 1958.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - loyalty oath or non-Communist affidavit (other than bar applicants, government employees, political party, or teacher)
Petitioner: Veteran
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 357 U.S. 513
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: 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.