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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES (1943)

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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1943
Decided: February 15, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter

JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1943. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1943.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: prejudicial statements or evidence
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 318 U.S. 189
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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