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EMSPAK v. UNITED STATES (1955)

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EMSPAK v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1954
Decided: May 23, 1955
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Earl Warren
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed

EMSPAK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1955. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1954.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 349 U.S. 190
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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