FETTERS, U.S. MARSHAL, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. CUNNINGHAM (1931)

FETTERS, U.S. MARSHAL, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. CUNNINGHAM
	Term: 1930
Important Dates
	Argued: April 16, 1931
	Decided: May 25, 1931
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

FETTERS, U.S. MARSHAL, v. UNITED STATES ex rel. CUNNINGHAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1931. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1931.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 283 U.S. 638
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.