WILLNER v. COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS, APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT (1963)

WILLNER v. COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS, APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
	Term: 1962
Important Dates
	Argued: February 21, 1963
	Decided: May 13, 1963
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	Tom Clark • John Harlan II

WILLNER v. COMMITTEE ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS, APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1963. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1963.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Appellate 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: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 373 U.S. 96
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.