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LANZETTA et al. v. NEW JERSEY (1939)

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LANZETTA et al. v. NEW JERSEY
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1939
Decided: March 27, 1939
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

LANZETTA et al. v. NEW JERSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1939. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1939.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New Jersey
  • Citation: 306 U.S. 451
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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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