YAKUS v. UNITED STATES (1944)

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YAKUS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1943
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1944
Decided: March 27, 1944
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonStanley ReedHarlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Frank MurphyOwen Josephus RobertsWiley Rutledge

YAKUS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1944. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1944.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: war crimes
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 321 U.S. 414
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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