BARBER v. BARBER (1944)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BARBER v. BARBER
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1944
Decided: December 4, 1944
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Robert Jackson

BARBER v. BARBER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1944. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1944.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 323 U.S. 77
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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