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FOSTER et al. v. ILLINOIS (1947)

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FOSTER et al. v. ILLINOIS
Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: May 8, 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

FOSTER et al. v. ILLINOIS 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 May 8, 1947.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 332 U.S. 134
  • 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: 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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