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MCCRONE v. UNITED STATES (1939)

| MCCRONE v. UNITED STATES |
|---|
| Term: 1938 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 30, 1939 |
| Decided: April 17, 1939 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
MCCRONE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1939.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. District 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
- Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 307 U.S. 61
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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