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PERKINS, SECRETARY OF LABOR, et al. v. ELG

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: February 3, 1939
Decided: May 29, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

PERKINS, SECRETARY OF LABOR, et al. v. ELG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: citizenship
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Labor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 307 U.S. 325
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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