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JAMES v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1960
Decided: May 15, 1961
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Earl Warren
Majority
William Brennan • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

JAMES v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1961. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1960.

In a 6-3 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 Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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: 366 U.S. 213
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Earl Warren

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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