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BIDDINGER v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1917
Decided: November 5, 1917
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BIDDINGER v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1917. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: fugitive from justice
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 245 U.S. 128
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: John Hessin Clarke

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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