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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON et al. (1968)

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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON et al.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 14, 1968
Decided: April 8, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1968.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern 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: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 563
  • 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: 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 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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