UNITED STATES v. PRIDGEON (1894)

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UNITED STATES v. PRIDGEON |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 16, 1894 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. PRIDGEON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1894.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 153 U.S. 48
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Howell Edmunds Jackson
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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