COLLINS v. LOISEL, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA (1922)

COLLINS v. LOISEL, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
	Term: 1921
Important Dates
	Argued: April 28, 1922
	Decided: May 29, 1922
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

COLLINS v. LOISEL, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1922. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1922.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: fugitive from justice
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 259 U.S. 309
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.