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PATTON et al. v. UNITED STATES (1930)
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| PATTON et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1929 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 25, 1930 |
| Decided: April 14, 1930 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter |
| Concurring |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone |
PATTON et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1930. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1930.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 281 U.S. 276
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: George Sutherland
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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