Cramer v. United States

Cramer v. United States
Argued March 9, 1944
Reargued November 6, 1944
Decided April 23, 1945
Full case nameAnthony Cramer v. United States
Citations325 U.S. 1 (more)
65 S. Ct. 918; 89 L. Ed. 1441; 1945 U.S. LEXIS 2157
Case history
PriorUnited States v. Cramer, 137 F.2d 888 (2d Cir. 1943); judgement for the plaintiff
Holding
A conviction for treason must meet the definition given in Article III of the Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
MajorityJackson, joined by Roberts, Frankfurter, Murphy, Rutledge
DissentDouglas, joined by Stone, Black, Reed
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. III § 3

Cramer v. United States, 325 U.S. 1 (1945), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States reviewed the conviction of Anthony Cramer, a German-born naturalized citizen, for treason.