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UNITED STATES v. HARTWELL (1868)

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UNITED STATES v. HARTWELL |
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Term: 1867 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 14, 1868 |
Decided: February 24, 1868 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
5-3 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
Dissenting |
Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller |
UNITED STATES v. HARTWELL 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 January 14, 1868.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.
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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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 73 U.S. 385
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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