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TROP v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. (1958)
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| TROP v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. |
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| Term: 1957 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: May 2, 1957 |
| Decided: March 31, 1958 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Judgment of the court |
| Earl Warren |
| Majority |
| Charles Whittaker |
| Concurring |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II |
TROP v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1958. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1957.
In a 5-4 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 New York Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: loss of citizenship, denaturalization
- Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 356 U.S. 86
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren
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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