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HART v. VIRGINIA (1936)

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HART v. VIRGINIA
Term: 1935
Important Dates
Decided: April 13, 1936
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

HART v. VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 13, 1936.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 298 U.S. 34
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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