SHUTTLESWORTH et al. v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM (1963)

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SHUTTLESWORTH et al. v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 1962
Decided: May 20, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

SHUTTLESWORTH et al. v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1963. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1962.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama 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 - sit-in demonstrations (protests against racial discrimination in places of public accommodation)
  • Petitioner: Person or organization protesting racial or ethnic segregation or discrimination
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Alabama
  • Citation: 373 U.S. 262
  • 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: Earl Warren

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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