TERRY ET AL. v. ADAMS ET AL. (1953)

TERRY ET AL. v. ADAMS ET AL.
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 1953
	Decided: May 4, 1953
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Judgment of the court
	Hugo Black
Majority
	Harold Burton • William Douglas
Concurring
	Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Sherman Minton

TERRY ET AL. v. ADAMS ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1953. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1953.

In an 8-1 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 Texas Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
Petitioner: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 345 U.S. 461
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.