YANCY v. UNITED STATES. (1960)

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YANCY v. UNITED STATES.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1959
Decided: April 18, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanTom ClarkWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterJohn Harlan IIEarl WarrenCharles Whittaker

YANCY v. UNITED STATES. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1959.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 362 U.S. 389
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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