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WHEELDIN et al. v. WHEELER (1963)

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WHEELDIN et al. v. WHEELER
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1963
Decided: June 3, 1963
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Earl Warren

WHEELDIN et al. v. WHEELER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1963. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1963.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower 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: First Amendment - Legislative investigations: concerning internal security only
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 647
  • 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: William Douglas

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.

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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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