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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, October 18, 1955
Decision: Monday, April 9, 1956
Issues: First Amendment, Loyalty Oath, Teachers
Categories: education, employment, fifth amendment, national security, self-incrimination

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Slochower, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Self-Incrimination
Co-authored a regular concurrence
Douglas
Co-authored a regular concurrence
Black
Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote the majority opinion
Clark
Voted with the majority
Frankfurter
Voted with the minority, joined Reed's dissent
Minton
Wrote a dissent
Reed
Wrote a dissent
Harlan
Voted with the minority, joined Reed's dissent
Burton
Full Opinion by Justice Tom C. Clark

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The Oyez Project, Slochower v. Board Of Education, 350 U.S. 551 (1956),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1955/1955_23/>
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