WOOD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, et al. v. BROOM (1932)

WOOD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, et al. v. BROOM
	Term: 1932
Important Dates
	Argued: October 13, 1932
	Decided: October 18, 1932
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

WOOD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, et al. v. BROOM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 18, 1932. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1932.

In a 5-4 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 Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Mississippi
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 287 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.