UNITED STATES v. SHOTWELL MANUFACTURING CO. et al. (1957)

UNITED STATES v. SHOTWELL MANUFACTURING CO. et al.
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1957
	Decided: December 16, 1957
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

UNITED STATES v. SHOTWELL MANUFACTURING CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1957. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1957.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 355 U.S. 233
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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.