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INGRAM et al. v. UNITED STATES (1959)
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| INGRAM et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1958 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 30, 1959 |
| Decided: June 29, 1959 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • William Douglas • John Harlan II |
INGRAM et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1959. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1959.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: internal revenue (cf. Federal Taxation)
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 360 U.S. 672
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart
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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