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UNITED STATES v. COOK (1868)

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UNITED STATES v. COOK
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: February 12, 1868
Decided: February 24, 1868
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. COOK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1868. The case was argued before the court on February 12, 1868.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 154 U.S. 555
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Noah Haynes Swayne

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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