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UNITED STATES v. BALLARD et al.

Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1944
Decided: April 24, 1944
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Robert Jackson • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. BALLARD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 24, 1944. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1944.

In a 7-2 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 California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 322 U.S. 78
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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