McGRATH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. KRISTENSEN (1950) - Ballotpedia

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McGRATH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. KRISTENSEN

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1950
Decided: December 11, 1950
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson

McGRATH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. KRISTENSEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 11, 1950. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1950.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 340 U.S. 162
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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