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COBBLEDICK et al. v. UNITED STATES (1940)

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COBBLEDICK et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: January 30, 1940
Decided: February 26, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterCharles Evans HughesJames Clark McReynoldsStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

COBBLEDICK et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1940. The case was argued before the court on January 30, 1940.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 309 U.S. 323
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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