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ADAMS, WARDEN, et al. v. UNITED STATES ex rel. MCCANN (1942)
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| ADAMS, WARDEN, et al. v. UNITED STATES ex rel. MCCANN |
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| Term: 1942 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 17, 1942 |
| Decided: December 21, 1942 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy |
ADAMS, WARDEN, et al. v. UNITED STATES ex rel. MCCANN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1942. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1942.
In a 5-3 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
- Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: United States
- Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 317 U.S. 269
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter
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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