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Garner v. Board of Public Works
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Argued April 25, 1951
Decided June 4, 1951
Full case name Garner, et al. v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles, et al.
Citations 341 U.S. 716 (more)
71 S. Ct. 909; 95 L. Ed. 1317; 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1731
Prior history From the District Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District
Holding
A municipal loyalty oath which required an oath and affidavit about one's beliefs and actions for the previous five years and which was enacted more than five years previous is not an ex post facto law nor a bill of attainder
Court membership
Case opinions
Majority Clark, joined by Vinson, Reed, Jackson, Minton
Concur/dissent Frankfurter
Concur/dissent Burton
Dissent Black
Dissent Douglas, joined by Black

Garner v. Board of Public Works, 341 U.S. 716 (1951), is a ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that a municipal loyalty oath which required an oath and affidavit about one's beliefs and actions for the previous five years and which was enacted more than five years previous is not an ex post facto law nor a bill of attainder.

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