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ROSENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES, 346 U.S. 322 (June 19, 1953)

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ROSENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1952
Important Dates
Decided: June 19, 1953
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black

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

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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.

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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. 322
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Stay
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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