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UNITED STATES v. WOOD

Term: 1936
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1936
Decided: December 7, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Owen Josephus Roberts • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland

UNITED STATES v. WOOD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 7, 1936. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1936.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 299 U.S. 123
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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