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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:The_Screws_Case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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January 2, 1945
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:325_U.S._91
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Frank_Murphy
gptkb:Justice_Robert_H._Jackson
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gptkbp:date
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May 7, 1945
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Frank_Murphy
gptkb:Justice_Robert_H._Jackson
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Justice_Wiley_Rutledge
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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701
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gptkbp:event
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gptkb:Baker_County,_Georgia
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Screws_v._United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Screws v. United States
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Robert_Hall
gptkb:Sheriff_Claude_Screws
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gptkbp:legalHolding
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The federal government must prove specific intent to deprive a person of a federal right under color of law for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 242.
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
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gptkbp:predecessor
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interpretation of federal civil rights enforcement
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gptkbp:relatedStatute
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gptkb:18_U.S.C._§_242
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gptkbp:subject
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civil rights
due process
federal criminal law
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone_(as_Chief_Justice)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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