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UNITED STATES v. HOWELL (1871)

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UNITED STATES v. HOWELL
Term: 1870
Important Dates
Decided: May 1, 1871
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. HOWELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1871.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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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: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 78 U.S. 432
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.

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