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UNITED STATES v. FABRIZIO (1966)

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UNITED STATES v. FABRIZIO
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1966
Decided: December 12, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. FABRIZIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1966.

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 New York Western 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: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: gambling
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 385 U.S. 263
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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