WHELCHEL v. McDONALD, WARDEN (1950) - Ballotpedia

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WHELCHEL v. McDONALD, WARDEN

Term: 1950
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1950
Decided: December 4, 1950
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

WHELCHEL v. McDONALD, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1950. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1950.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 340 U.S. 122
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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