UNITED STATES v. RAINES et al. (1960)

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UNITED STATES v. RAINES et al.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1960
Decided: February 29, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

UNITED STATES v. RAINES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 29, 1960. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1960.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 17
  • 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 Brennan

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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