UNITED STATES v. MILLER (1912) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. MILLER

Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1912
Decided: February 26, 1912
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. MILLER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1912. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1912.

In an 8-0 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 Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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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: 223 U.S. 599
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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