MINNESOTA ex rel. PEARSON v. PROBATE COURT OF RAMSEY COUNTY et al. (1940) - Ballotpedia

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MINNESOTA ex rel. PEARSON v. PROBATE COURT OF RAMSEY COUNTY et al.

Term: 1939
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1940
Decided: February 26, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

MINNESOTA ex rel. PEARSON v. PROBATE COURT OF RAMSEY COUNTY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1940. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1940.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: civil rights
Petitioner: Involuntarily committed mental patient
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 309 U.S. 270
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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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External links

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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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