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CARLESI v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1914)

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CARLESI v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 2, 1914 |
Decided: April 6, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
CARLESI v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1914. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1914.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 233 U.S. 51
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White
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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