Townsend et al. v. Swank, Director, Department of Public Aid of Illinois, et al. (404 U.S. 282)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 20, 1971 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 404 U.S. 282 · 92 S. Ct. 502
- Decided
- December 20, 1971
- Term
- October Term 1971
- Vote
- 7–0
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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