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UNITED STATES v. LOVETT (1946)

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UNITED STATES v. LOVETT
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: May 3, 1946
Decided: June 3, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed

UNITED STATES v. LOVETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1946. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1946.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Security risks: denial of benefits or dismissal of employees for reasons other than failure to meet loyalty oath requirements
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Retired or former governmental employee
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 328 U.S. 303
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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