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UNITED STATES v. WEITZEL (1918)

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UNITED STATES v. WEITZEL |
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Term: 1917 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 7, 1918 |
Decided: April 15, 1918 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. WEITZEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1918. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1918.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky 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: 246 U.S. 533
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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