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UNITED STATES v. JANOWITZ et al. (1921)

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UNITED STATES v. JANOWITZ et al. |
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Term: 1921 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 20, 1921 |
Decided: November 7, 1921 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
UNITED STATES v. JANOWITZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1921. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1921.
In a 9-0 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 New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 257 U.S. 42
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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