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UNITED STATES v. COOK

Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: November 19, 1872
Decided: December 9, 1872
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. COOK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1872. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1872.

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 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 84 U.S. 168
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: Nathan Clifford

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.

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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