TOM WE SHUNG v. BROWNELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. (1953)

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TOM WE SHUNG v. BROWNELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al.
Term: 1953
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1953
Decided: December 7, 1953
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson

TOM WE SHUNG v. BROWNELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 1953. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1953.

In a 6-3 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. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 346 U.S. 906
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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