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FISWICK ET AL. v. UNITED STATES (1946)

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FISWICK ET AL. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1946
Decided: December 9, 1946
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackHarold BurtonWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonFrank MurphyStanley ReedWiley RutledgeFrederick Vinson

FISWICK ET AL. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1946. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1946.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey New Jersey 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 Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: conspiracy (cf. subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy)
  • 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: 329 U.S. 211
  • 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: William Douglas

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.

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