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FIELDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Decided: March 18, 1963
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Tom Clark

FIELDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1963.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina 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.

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: South Carolina
Citation: 372 U.S. 522
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 liberal.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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