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UNITED STATES v. ROBEL

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1966
Decided: December 11, 1967
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. ROBEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1967. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1966.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western 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.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 389 U.S. 258
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: Earl Warren

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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