Sparf v. United States

Sparf v. United States

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Sparf v. United States
SubmitDate=March 5
SubmitYear=1894
DecideDate=January 21
DecideYear=1895
FullName=Sparf and Hansen v. United States
USVol=156
USPage=51
Citation=15 S. Ct. 273; 39 L. Ed. 343; 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2120
Prior=Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1894-1895
Majority=Harlan
JoinMajority=Fuller, Field, White
Concurrence=Jackson
Dissent=Brewer
JoinDissent=Brown
Dissent2=Gray
JoinDissent2=Shiras
LawsApplied=

"Sparf v. United States", 156 U.S. 51 (1895) [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=156&page=51 156 U.S. 51] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.] , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that federal judges were not required to inform jurors of their full rights and powers to judge both the facts as well as the law in bringing a general verdict. The decision was rendered by a five to four judge margin, with two strong dissenting opinions.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 156
*Jury nullification ( [http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f200500/200594.htm Here] the US argues that "Sparf & Hansen v. United States [...] is still universally regarded as the decisive case disapproving of jury nullification."

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