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STANTON CARTER v. MCCLAUGHRY (1902)

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STANTON CARTER v. MCCLAUGHRY
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1901
Decided: January 6, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

STANTON CARTER v. MCCLAUGHRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1902. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1901.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Kansas
  • Citation: 183 U.S. 365
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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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