UNITED STATES v. HARRIS (1940) - Ballotpedia

Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

Term: 1940
Important Dates
Argued: November 22, 1940
Decided: December 9, 1940
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. HARRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1940. The case was argued before the court on November 22, 1940.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury (other than as pertains to statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 311 U.S. 292
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=UNITED_STATES_v._HARRIS_(1940)&oldid=9509774"