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UNITED STATES v. GREEN et al.

Term: 1955
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1956
Decided: March 26, 1956
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

UNITED STATES v. GREEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1956. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1956.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: Hobbs Act; i.e., 18 USC 1951
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 350 U.S. 415
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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