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GEBARDI et al. v. UNITED STATES (1932)
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| GEBARDI et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1932 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 10, 1932 |
| Decided: November 7, 1932 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
| Concurring |
| Benjamin Nathan Cardozo |
GEBARDI et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1932. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1932.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: Mann Act and related statutes
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 287 U.S. 112
- 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: Harlan Fiske Stone
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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