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The American jewish Congress has published its analysis of the 1961-62 term of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions:
The organization's annual survey of Supreme Court rulings showed that in 22 of 28 civil rights and civil liberties cases decided last term, the Court ruled in favor of the person claiming his constitutional rights had been denied. This amounted to 78.5 per cent, compared with 68 per cent--106 favorable decisions in 185 cases--during the previous four term, it was noted.
The 61-page American Jewish Congress study, sixth in an annual series, was prepared by Leo Pfeffer, director, and Joseph B. Robinson, assistant director of the organization's Commission on Law and Social Action. Ephraim London is chairman of the Commission.
The study reported that fewer cases involving the Bill of Rights were decided during the last term than in the previous year, reflecting a decrease from 120 to 101 in the total number of opinions written by the court. This was attributed to the fact that Justice Felix Frankfurter became disabled and did not participate in any...