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BARRETT v. UNITED STATES, 169 U.S. 218 (February 21, 1898)

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BARRETT v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1898
Decided: February 21, 1898
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

BARRETT v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1898.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy (cf. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: conspiracy)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 169 U.S. 218
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 conservative.

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