NEW YORK ex rel. WHITMAN v. WILSON, WARDEN (1943)
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| NEW YORK ex rel. WHITMAN v. WILSON, WARDEN |
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| Term: 1942 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 1, 1943 |
| Decided: April 12, 1943 |
| Outcome |
| Vacated and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Dissenting |
| Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts |
NEW YORK ex rel. WHITMAN v. WILSON, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1943. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1943.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Appellate Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 318 U.S. 688
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- 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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