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UNITED STATES EX REL. JOHN TURNER v. WILLIAMS (1904)

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UNITED STATES EX REL. JOHN TURNER v. WILLIAMS
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: April 6, 1904
Decided: May 16, 1904
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Concurring
David Josiah Brewer

UNITED STATES EX REL. JOHN TURNER v. WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1904. The case was argued before the court on April 6, 1904.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 194 U.S. 279
  • 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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