In re WATTS AND SACHS, PETITIONER (1903)
in re WATTS AND SACHS, PETITIONER |
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Term: 1902 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 20, 1903 |
Decided: May 18, 1903 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
Concurring |
John Marshall Harlan |
in re WATTS AND SACHS, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1903. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1903.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 190 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (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 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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