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CANNON v. UNITED STATES (1886)

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CANNON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1885
Important Dates
Decided: May 10, 1886
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

CANNON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1886.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: Mann Act and related statutes
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 118 U.S. 355
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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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