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MORFORD v. UNITED STATES (1950)

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MORFORD v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1949
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1949
Decided: April 10, 1950
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

MORFORD v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1950. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1949.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia 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 Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - extra-legal jury influences: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 339 U.S. 258
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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