TILGHMAN v. CULVER, PRISON CUSTODIAN (1960)

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TILGHMAN v. CULVER, PRISON CUSTODIAN
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Decided: March 28, 1960
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

TILGHMAN v. CULVER, PRISON CUSTODIAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1960.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 308
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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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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