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Mesarosh v. United States.

352 U.S. 862 · Decided October 10, 1956 · Supreme Court of the United States

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Mesarosh v. United States. was decided on October 10, 1956 by a vote of 6–3. The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. The decision was issued per curiam (an unsigned opinion of the Court). SCDB classifies its main issue as “Subconstitutional fair procedure, confession of error” in the Criminal Procedure area.

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Case details

Citations
352 U.S. 862 · 77 S. Ct. 8 · 1 L. Ed. 2d 72 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 387
Docket number
20
Decided
October 10, 1956
Argued
October 10, 1956
Court era
Warren Court
Decision type
Per curiam (orally argued)
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Outcome for petitioner
The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
Vote
6–3
Opinion assigned by
Earl Warren
How the case arrived
Certiorari
Decision direction (SCDB)
Liberal what this means

How the Justices voted

JusticeVoteSeparate writing
Justice Hugo L. BlackMajority
Justice Stanley F. ReedMajority
Justice Felix FrankfurterDissentCo-authored an opinion
Justice William O. DouglasMajority
Justice Harold H. BurtonDissentCo-authored an opinion
Justice Tom C. ClarkMajority
Justice Sherman MintonMajority
Chief Justice Earl WarrenMajority
Justice John M. Harlan IIDissentCo-authored an opinion

Full case caption

Mesarosh, Alias Nelson, et al. v. United States.

SCDB identifiers: case 1956-002, docket 1956-002-01.

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