UNITED STATES v. HEALY et al. (1964)

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UNITED STATES v. HEALY et al.
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: January 6, 1964
Decided: February 17, 1964
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. HEALY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1964.

In a 9-0 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 Florida Southern 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: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 376 U.S. 75
  • 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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