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WIEMAN et al. v. UPDEGRAFF et al. (1952)

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WIEMAN et al. v. UPDEGRAFF et al.
Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1952
Decided: December 15, 1952
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

WIEMAN et al. v. UPDEGRAFF et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1952.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Loyalty oath: teachers
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Oklahoma
  • Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Respondent state: Oklahoma
  • Citation: 344 U.S. 183
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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