SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY (1962)

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SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
Term: 1961
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1961
Decided: January 15, 1962
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1962. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1961.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington 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 - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 368 U.S. 351
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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