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WEBER v. FREED, DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF UNITED STATES CUSTOMS

Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: December 1, 1915
Decided: December 13, 1915
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WEBER v. FREED, DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF UNITED STATES CUSTOMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1915. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1915.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Commercial speech, excluding attorneys
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 239 U.S. 325
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Edward Douglass White

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

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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