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SORRELLS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1932
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1932
Decided: December 19, 1932
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

SORRELLS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1932. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1932.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: entrapment
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 287 U.S. 435
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

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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