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STAUB v. CITY OF BAXLEY (1958)

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STAUB v. CITY OF BAXLEY
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1957
Decided: January 13, 1958
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter

STAUB v. CITY OF BAXLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1958. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1957.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 355 U.S. 313
  • 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: Charles Whittaker

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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