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DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES (1945)

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DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1945
Decided: March 5, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsWiley RutledgeHarlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Robert Jackson

DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1945. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1945.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Oklahoma Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 324 U.S. 316
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • 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 liberal.

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