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ABRAMS et al. v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1919
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1919
Decided: November 10, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes

ABRAMS et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1919. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1919.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - federal or state internal security legislation: Smith, Internal Security, and related federal statutes
Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 616
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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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