Covey, Committee, v. Town of Somers (351 U.S. 141)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 7, 1956 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 351 U.S. 141 · 76 S. Ct. 724
- Decided
- May 7, 1956
- Term
- October Term 1955
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Warren
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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