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UNITED STATES v. SHERIDAN

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1946
Decided: December 23, 1946
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
William Douglas • Frederick Vinson

UNITED STATES v. SHERIDAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1946. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1946.

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 Michigan Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: 329 U.S. 379
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Wiley Rutledge

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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