HAMMERSCHMIDT et al. v. UNITED STATES (1924)
HAMMERSCHMIDT et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1923 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 29, 1924 |
Decided: May 26, 1924 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
HAMMERSCHMIDT et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1924.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: conspiracy (cf. subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 265 U.S. 182
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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