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HALE v. HENKE (1906)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HALE v. HENKE
Term: 1905
Important Dates
Argued: January 4, 1906
Decided: March 12, 1906
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Henry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Concurring
John Marshall HarlanJoseph McKenna
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerMelville Weston Fuller

HALE v. HENKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1906. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1906.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
  • Petitioner: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 201 U.S. 43
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

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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