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WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA (1927)

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WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: October 6, 1925
Decided: May 16, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Concurring
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

WHITNEY v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1927. The case was argued before the court on October 6, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 274 U.S. 357
  • 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: Edward Terry Sanford

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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