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UNITED STATES v. CURTIS (1883)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. CURTIS
Term: 1882
Important Dates
Argued: March 15, 1883
Decided: April 9, 1883
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

UNITED STATES v. CURTIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1883. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1883.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements (cf. statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 107 U.S. 671
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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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