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NEELY v. HENKEL, 180 U.S. 126 (January 14, 1901)

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NEELY v. HENKEL |
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Term: 1900 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 10, 1900 |
Decided: January 14, 1901 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
NEELY v. HENKEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1901. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1900.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 180 U.S. 126
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan
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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