YELLIN v. UNITED STATES (1963) - Ballotpedia

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YELLIN v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: December 6, 1962
Decided: June 17, 1963
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

YELLIN v. UNITED STATES 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 December 6, 1962.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern U.S. District Court.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Legislative investigations: concerning internal security only
Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 374 U.S. 109
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.

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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