Sparf v. United States
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| Sparf v. United States | |||||||||||
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| Submitted March 5, 1894 Decided January 21, 1895 |
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| Chief Justice: Melville Fuller Associate Justices: Stephen Johnson Field, John Marshall Harlan, Horace Gray, David Josiah Brewer, Henry Billings Brown, George Shiras, Jr., Howell Edmunds Jackson, Edward Douglass White |
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| Majority by: Harlan Joined by: Fuller, Field, White Concurrence by: Jackson Dissent by: Brewer Joined by: Brown Dissent by: Gray Joined by: Shiras |
Sparf v. United States, 156 U.S. 51 (1895)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that federal judges were not obligated 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 5–4 with two strong dissenting opinions.
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- ^ 156 U.S. 51 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
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