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WEBER v. UNITED STATES (1942)

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WEBER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1942
Decided: March 30, 1942
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo BlackJames ByrnesWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

WEBER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1942.

In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: -
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 315 U.S. 787
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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