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UNITED STATES v. LIMEHOUSE (1932)

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UNITED STATES v. LIMEHOUSE
Term: 1931
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1932
Decided: April 11, 1932
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds

UNITED STATES v. LIMEHOUSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1932. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1932.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Obscenity, federal
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 285 U.S. 424
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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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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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