GRAVES v. UNITED STATES (1897)
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| GRAVES v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1896 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 4, 1897 |
| Decided: February 15, 1897 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| John Marshall Harlan |
GRAVES v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1897.
In an 8-1 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 Iowa Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements (cf. statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 165 U.S. 323
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham
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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