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  2. Warren Court - Wikipedia

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    The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 when Earl Warren served as the chief justice. The Warren Court is often considered the most liberal court in U.S. history. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Warren Court

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    361 U.S. 516 (1960) First Amendment, compelled disclosure of membership lists United States v. Raines: 362 U.S. 17 (1960) Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation: 362 U.S. 99 (1960) eminent domain over Indian lands Flora v. United States: 362 U.S. 145 (1960) Pay Income Tax Then Litigate ...

  4. Earl Warren - Wikipedia

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    Warren would be teased by his friends, who would say "He was 30 years on the State Court, he was 20 years on the Supreme Court, he listened to you just once and he said, "I've had it." [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The Great Depression hit the San Francisco Bay area hard in the 1930s, leading to high levels of unemployment and a destabilization of the ...

  5. Boynton v. Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court. [1] The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only".

  6. Abel v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Court membership; Chief Justice Earl Warren ... 362 U.S. 217 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case. [1] ... The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari on ...

  7. Commissioner v. Duberstein - Wikipedia

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    Commissioner v. Duberstein, 363 U.S. 278 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case from 1960 dealing with the exclusion of "the value of property acquired by gift" from the gross income of an income taxpayer. [1] It is notable (and thus appears frequently in law school casebooks) for the following holdings:

  8. Dusky v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed a defendant's right to have a competency evaluation before proceeding to trial. [1] The Court outlined the basic standards for determining competency. [2]

  9. Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation

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    Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation, 362 U.S. 99 (1960), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that determined that the Federal Power Commission was authorized to take lands owned by the Tuscarora Indian tribe by eminent domain under the Federal Power Act for a hydroelectric power project, upon payment of just compensation.