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UNITED STATES v. MUNIZ et al. (1963)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. MUNIZ et al.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1963
Decided: June 17, 1963
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren

UNITED STATES v. MUNIZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1963. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1963.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District 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: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 374 U.S. 150
  • 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 conservative.

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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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