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UNITED STATES v. SHARPNACK

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1957
Decided: January 13, 1958
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. SHARPNACK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1958. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1957.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miscellaneous criminal procedure (cf. due process, prisoners' rights, comity: criminal procedure)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 286
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: Harold Burton

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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