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JOHNSON v. MASSACHUSETTS

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1968
Decided: April 1, 1968
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Abe Fortas • Thurgood Marshall • Earl Warren

JOHNSON v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1968.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 390 U.S. 511
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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