LOUISIANA EX REL. FRANCIS v. RESWEBER, SHERIFF, ET AL. (1947)
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| LOUISIANA EX REL. FRANCIS v. RESWEBER, SHERIFF, ET AL. |
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| Term: 1946 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 18, 1946 |
| Decided: January 13, 1947 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Judgment of the court |
| Stanley Reed |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge |
LOUISIANA EX REL. FRANCIS v. RESWEBER, SHERIFF, ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1947. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1946.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 329 U.S. 459
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed
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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