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TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES (1932)

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TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: April 11, 1932
Decided: May 2, 1932
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 2, 1932. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1932.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Maryland 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 286 U.S. 1
  • 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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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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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