UNITED STATES v. SAMPSON et al. (1962)

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UNITED STATES v. SAMPSON et al.
Term: 1962
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1962
Decided: November 19, 1962
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. SAMPSON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1962. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1962.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, 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 - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 371 U.S. 75
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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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