Trop v. Dulles
356 U.S. 86 · Decided March 31, 1958 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Trop v. Dulles was decided on March 31, 1958 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Immigration, loss of citizenship or denaturalization” in the Civil Rights area. SCDB records that the Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional.
Read the opinion
Case details
- Citations
- 356 U.S. 86 · 78 S. Ct. 590 · 2 L. Ed. 2d 630 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1284
- Docket number
- 70
- Decided
- March 31, 1958
- Argued
- May 2, 1957
- Reargued
- October 28, 1957
- Court era
- Warren Court
- Decision type
- Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Earl Warren
- Opinion assigned by
- Earl Warren
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Legal provision
- Immigration and Nationality statutes
- Type of law
- Federal statute
- Held unconstitutional
- An act of Congress
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Felix Frankfurter | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Concurrence | |
| Justice Harold H. Burton | Dissent | |
| Justice Tom C. Clark | Dissent | |
| Chief Justice Earl Warren | Judgment of the Court | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Dissent | |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
Full case caption
Trop v. Dulles, Secretary of State, et al.
SCDB identifiers: case 1957-072, docket 1957-072-01.
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