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EPTON v. NEW YORK (1968)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
EPTON v. NEW YORK
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Decided: January 22, 1968
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Douglas

EPTON v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1968.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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 - protest demonstrations (other than as pertains to sit-in demonstrations): demonstrations and other forms of protest based on First Amendment guarantees
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 390 U.S. 29
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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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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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