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Ex parte QUIRIN et al. (1942)

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ex parte QUIRIN et al.
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: July 29, 1942
Decided: July 31, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

ex parte QUIRIN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 31, 1942. The case was argued before the court on July 29, 1942.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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 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: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 317 U.S. 1
  • 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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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