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ex parte IN THE MATTER OF PHILIP GROSSMAN, PETITIONER

Term: 1924
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1924
Decided: March 2, 1925
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

ex parte IN THE MATTER OF PHILIP GROSSMAN, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1924.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 267 U.S. 87
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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