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TOUSSIE v. UNITED STATES (1970)

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TOUSSIE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1970
Decided: March 2, 1970
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Byron White

TOUSSIE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1970. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1970.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: draftee, or person subject to induction
  • Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 112
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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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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