UNITED STATES v. MONIA et al. (1943)

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UNITED STATES v. MONIA et al.
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1942
Decided: January 11, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter

UNITED STATES v. MONIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1943. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1942.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Self-incrimination, immunity from prosecution
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 317 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: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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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