http://www.oyez.org/issues/judicial_power/certification en http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1959/1959_31 <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-case-basics"><legend>Case Basics</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-docket"> <div class="field-label">Docket No.&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 31 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-petitioner"> <div class="field-label">Appellee&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mersky </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-petitioner-type"> <div class="field-label">Petitioner Type&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Appellee </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-respondent"> <div class="field-label">Appellant&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> United States </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-respondent-type"> <div class="field-label">Respondent Type&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Appellant </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-heard-by"> <div class="field-label">Heard By&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/courts/warren/war5">Warren Court (1958-1962)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-decided-by"> <div class="field-label">Decided By&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/courts/warren/war5">Warren Court (1958-1962)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-citation"> <div class="field-label">Opinion&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://www.justia.us/us/361/431/case.html" target="_blank">361 U.S. 431 (1960)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-argument"> <div class="field-label">Argued&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single"><a href="/case_calendar/1959-11-10">Tuesday, November 10, 1959</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-decision"> <div class="field-label">Decided&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single"><a href="/case_calendar/1960-02-23">Tuesday, February 23, 1960</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-facts-of-the-case"> <div class="field-label">Facts of the Case&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>None</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-question"> <div class="field-label">Question&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>None</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-conclusion"> <div class="field-label">Conclusion&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="view view-case-decisions view-id-case_decisions view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div> <b>Decision:</b> 6 votes for Mersky, 3 vote(s) against<br /> <b>Legal provision:</b> 18 U.S.C. 3731</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>None</p> </div> </div> </div> 1959 1950-1959 Certification Judicial Power Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:30:36 +0000 43436 at http://www.oyez.org