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BLUMENTHAL v. UNITED STATES (1947)

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BLUMENTHAL v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1947 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 23, 1947 |
Decided: December 22, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
Concurring |
William Douglas |
BLUMENTHAL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1947.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California California Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: conspiracy (cf. subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy)
- Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 332 U.S. 539
- 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: Wiley Rutledge
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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