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UNITED STATES v. POWERS et al.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1939
Decided: May 15, 1939
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. POWERS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1939. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1939.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 307 U.S. 214
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: William Douglas

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

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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