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Ex parte CLEIO HULL (1941)

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ex parte CLEIO HULL |
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Term: 1940 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 3, 1941 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
ex parte CLEIO HULL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1941.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Michigan
- Citation: 312 U.S. 546
- How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy
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.
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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