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UNITED STATES v. SHIPP (1909)

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UNITED STATES v. SHIPP
Term: 1908
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1909
Decided: May 24, 1909
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell Holmes
Dissenting
Joseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. SHIPP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1909. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1909.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 214 U.S. 386
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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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