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PINKERTON et al. v. UNITED STATES (1946)

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PINKERTON et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1946
Decided: June 10, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Hugo BlackHarold BurtonWilliam DouglasFrank MurphyStanley Reed
Dissenting
Felix FrankfurterWiley Rutledge

PINKERTON et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1946. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1946.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: conspiracy (cf. subconstitutional fair procedure: conspiracy)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 328 U.S. 640
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • 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 conservative.

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