UNITED STATES v. STAFOFF, ALIAS ELIOFF (1923) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. STAFOFF, ALIAS ELIOFF

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: November 29, 1922
Decided: January 2, 1923
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. STAFOFF, ALIAS ELIOFF is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1923. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1922.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: narcotics includes regulation and prohibition of alcohol
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Brewery, distillery
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 260 U.S. 477
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
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 liberal.

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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