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CROWLEY. v. UNITED STATES (1904)

| CROWLEY. v. UNITED STATES |
|---|
| Term: 1903 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: May 31, 1904 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
| Concurring |
| Joseph McKenna |
| Dissenting |
| Edward Douglass White |
CROWLEY. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1904.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Puerto Rico U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: voir dire (not necessarily a criminal case)
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 194 U.S. 461
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan
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 liberal.
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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