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Mesarosh v. United States

352 U.S. 1 · Decided November 5, 1956 · Supreme Court of the United States

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At a glance

Mesarosh v. United States was decided on November 5, 1956 by a vote of 5–3. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the 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. 1 · 77 S. Ct. 1 · 1 L. Ed. 2d 1 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 386
Docket number
20
Decided
November 5, 1956
Argued
October 10, 1956
Court era
Warren Court
Decision type
Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Outcome for petitioner
The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
Vote
5–3
Majority opinion
Earl Warren
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 FrankfurterDissent
Justice William O. DouglasMajority
Justice Harold H. BurtonDissent
Justice Tom C. ClarkMajority
Chief Justice Earl WarrenMajorityWrote an opinion
Justice John M. Harlan IIDissentWrote an opinion

Did not participate: William J. Brennan Jr..

Full case caption

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

SCDB identifiers: case 1956-001, docket 1956-001-01.

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