UPHAUS v. WYMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (1960) - Ballotpedia

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UPHAUS v. WYMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Term: 1960
Important Dates
Decided: November 14, 1960
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
William Brennan
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

UPHAUS v. WYMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Hampshire State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Legislative investigations: concerning internal security only
Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: New Hampshire
Citation: 364 U.S. 388
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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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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