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UNITED STATES v. YAZELL (1966)

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UNITED STATES v. YAZELL
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1965
Decided: January 17, 1966
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. YAZELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1966. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1965.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - miscellaneous federalism
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 341
  • 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: Abe Fortas

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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