WALKER v. CITY OF HUTCHINSON et al. (1956)

WALKER v. CITY OF HUTCHINSON et al.
	Term: 1956
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1956
	Decided: December 10, 1956
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter

WALKER v. CITY OF HUTCHINSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1956. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1956.

In a 6-2 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 Kansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 352 U.S. 112
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: Hugo Black

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.