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SHARPE v. BUCHANAN, WARDEN

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Decided: December 14, 1942
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

SHARPE v. BUCHANAN, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1942.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 317 U.S. 238
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 liberal.

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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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