Ex parte KUMEZO KAWATO (1942) - Ballotpedia

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Ex parte KUMEZO KAWATO

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1942
Decided: November 9, 1942
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

Ex parte KUMEZO KAWATO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 9, 1942. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1942.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 317 U.S. 69
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Hugo Black

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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