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DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES (1945)

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DRUMMOND v. UNITED STATES |
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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 Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan 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.
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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