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In re MURCHISON et al. (1955)

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In re MURCHISON et al.
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1955
Decided: May 16, 1955
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed

In re MURCHISON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1955. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1955.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan State Trial 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: impartial decision maker
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: Michigan
  • Citation: 349 U.S. 133
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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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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