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WILLIAMS et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA (1942)
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| WILLIAMS et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA |
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| Term: 1942 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 20, 1942 |
| Decided: December 21, 1942 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter |
| Dissenting |
| Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy |
WILLIAMS et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1942. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1942.
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: North Carolina
- Citation: 317 U.S. 287
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- 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.
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