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NYE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1941)

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NYE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1941
Decided: April 14, 1941
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

NYE et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1941. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1941.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Middle 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 Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 313 U.S. 33
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: William Douglas

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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