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UNITED STATES v. SHIMER (1961)

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UNITED STATES v. SHIMER
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1961
Decided: June 12, 1961
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. SHIMER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1961. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1961.

In a 7-2 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 Pennsylvania Eastern 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 - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Veteran
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 367 U.S. 374
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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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