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UNITED STATES v. SING TUCK OR KING DO AND THIRTY-ONE OTHER (1904)

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UNITED STATES v. SING TUCK OR KING DO AND THIRTY-ONE OTHER |
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Term: 1903 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 7, 1904 |
Decided: April 25, 1904 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
UNITED STATES v. SING TUCK OR KING DO AND THIRTY-ONE OTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1904. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1904.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
- 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: 194 U.S. 161
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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