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FELDMAN v. UNITED STATES (1944)

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FELDMAN v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: December 17, 1943
Decided: May 29, 1944
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Wiley Rutledge

FELDMAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1944. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1943.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern 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 - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 322 U.S. 487
  • 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: Felix Frankfurter

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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