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UNITED STATES v. CARDIFF

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1952
Decided: December 8, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Robert Jackson
Dissenting
Harold Burton

UNITED STATES v. CARDIFF is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1952.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 174
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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