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UNITED STATES v. SCHWIMMER (1929)

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UNITED STATES v. SCHWIMMER
Term: 1928
Important Dates
Argued: April 12, 1929
Decided: May 27, 1929
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Pierce ButlerJames Clark McReynoldsHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz BrandeisOliver Wendell HolmesEdward Terry Sanford

UNITED STATES v. SCHWIMMER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1929. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1929.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: citizenship
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 279 U.S. 644
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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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