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FAY v. NEW YORK (1947)

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FAY v. NEW YORK |
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Term: 1946 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 3, 1947 |
Decided: June 23, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
FAY v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1947. The case was argued before the court on April 3, 1947.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - extra-legal jury influences: miscellaneous
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 332 U.S. 261
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson
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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