ROSENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES, 346 U.S. 273 (June 19, 1953) - Ballotpedia

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ROSENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: June 18, 1953
Decided: June 19, 1953
Outcome
Vacated
Vote
6-3
Majority
Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

ROSENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1953. The case was argued before the court on June 18, 1953.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 346 U.S. 273
How the court took jurisdiction: Stay
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frederick Vinson

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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