COLLINS v. JOHNSTON, WARDEN OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON (1915)

COLLINS v. JOHNSTON, WARDEN OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: February 25, 1915
	Decided: May 17, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

COLLINS v. JOHNSTON, WARDEN OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1915. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1915.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury (other than as pertains to statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: California
Citation: 237 U.S. 502
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: Mahlon Pitney

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.