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AHRENS ET AL. v. CLARK, ATTORNEY GENERAL (1948)

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AHRENS ET AL. v. CLARK, ATTORNEY GENERAL |
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Term: 1947 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 29, 1948 |
Decided: June 21, 1948 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
AHRENS ET AL. v. CLARK, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1948. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1948.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 335 U.S. 188
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas
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.
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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