EVANS et al. v. NEWTON et al. (1966)

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EVANS et al. v. NEWTON et al.
Term: 1965
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1965
Decided: January 17, 1966
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart

EVANS et al. v. NEWTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1966. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1965.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia 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: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
  • Petitioner: Racial or ethnic minority
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 382 U.S. 296
  • 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.

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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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