UNITED STATES v. SALE (1914)

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UNITED STATES v. SALE
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1914
Decided: November 30, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. SALE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1914. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1914.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 235 U.S. 237
  • 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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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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