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ESENWEIN v. COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ESENWEIN (1945)

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ESENWEIN v. COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ESENWEIN
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1944
Decided: May 21, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Wiley Rutledge

ESENWEIN v. COMMONWEALTH EX REL. ESENWEIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1945. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1944.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
  • Petitioner: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 325 U.S. 279
  • 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 conservative.

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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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