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WILLIAMS et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA

Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1944
Decided: May 21, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Wiley Rutledge

WILLIAMS et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1945. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1944.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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: 325 U.S. 226
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: Felix Frankfurter

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

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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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