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TRAVIS v. UNITED STATES (1961)

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TRAVIS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1960
Decided: January 16, 1961
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

TRAVIS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1961. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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 - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 364 U.S. 631
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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