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WILSON et al. v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED et al. (1958)

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WILSON et al. v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED et al.
Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1958
Decided: March 3, 1958
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanHarold BurtonTom ClarkFelix FrankfurterJohn Harlan IIEarl WarrenCharles Whittaker
Dissenting
William Douglas

WILSON et al. v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1958.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
  • Petitioner: Professional organization, business, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 355 U.S. 597
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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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