UNITED STATES v. JIN FUEY MOY (1916)

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UNITED STATES v. JIN FUEY MOY
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1915
Decided: June 5, 1916
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Charles Evans Hughes • Mahlon Pitney

UNITED STATES v. JIN FUEY MOY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1916. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1915.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 241 U.S. 394
  • 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: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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