PARR et al. v. UNITED STATES (1960)

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PARR et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1959 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 28, 1960 |
Decided: June 13, 1960 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
6-3 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker |
Dissenting |
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
PARR et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1960. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1960.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 363 U.S. 370
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Whittaker
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
- 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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