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ROSENBERG v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1958
Important Dates
Argued: April 28, 1959
Decided: June 22, 1959
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

ROSENBERG v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1959. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1959.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - discovery and inspection (in the context of criminal litigation only, otherwise Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 360 U.S. 367
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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