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UNITED STATES v. KATZ et al. (1926)

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UNITED STATES v. KATZ et al. |
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Term: 1925 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 11, 1926 |
Decided: May 24, 1926 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
Dissenting |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis |
UNITED STATES v. KATZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1926. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1926.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
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: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 271 U.S. 354
- 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: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone
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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