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IN THE MATTER OF STRAUSS (1905)

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IN THE MATTER OF STRAUSS
Term: 1904
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1905
Decided: April 3, 1905
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

IN THE MATTER OF STRAUSS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1905. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1905.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: fugitive from justice
  • Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 197 U.S. 324
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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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