UNITED STATES v. GUEST et al. (1966)

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UNITED STATES v. GUEST et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1965
Decided: March 28, 1966
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II

UNITED STATES v. GUEST et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1965.

In an 8-1 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 Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 383 U.S. 745
  • 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: Potter Stewart

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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