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UNITED STATES v. ROBINSON et al. (1960)

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UNITED STATES v. ROBINSON et al.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1959
Decided: January 11, 1960
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. ROBINSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1960. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1959.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 361 U.S. 220
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Whittaker

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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