ABBOTT v. BROWN, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA (1916) - Ballotpedia

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ABBOTT v. BROWN, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: April 13, 1916
Decided: June 12, 1916
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ABBOTT v. BROWN, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1916. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1916.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 241 U.S. 606
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney

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.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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