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UNITED STATES v. HEINZE (1910)

| UNITED STATES v. HEINZE |
|---|
| Term: 1910 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 3, 1910 |
| Decided: December 5, 1910 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. HEINZE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1910. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 1910.
In a 7-0 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 New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 218 U.S. 532
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna
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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