Shapiro, Commissioner of Welfare of Connecticut v. Thompson (394 U.S. 618)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 21, 1969 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 394 U.S. 618 · 89 S. Ct. 1322
- Decided
- April 21, 1969
- Term
- October Term 1968
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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