In re MCCAULLY (1897)

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in re MCCAULLY
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1897
Decided: March 1, 1897
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

in re MCCAULLY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 165 U.S. 538
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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 conservative.

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