Samuels v. McCurdy

Samuels v. McCurdy
Argued January 22, 1925
Decided March 2, 1925
Full case nameSamuels v. McCurdy, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia
Citations267 U.S. 188 (more)
45 S. Ct. 264; 69 L. Ed. 568; 1925 U.S. LEXIS 364; 37 A.L.R. 1378
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
George Sutherland · Pierce Butler
Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinions
MajorityTaft, joined by Holmes, Van Devanter, Brandeis, Sutherland, Sanford
DissentButler
Stone took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Samuels v. McCurdy, 267 U.S. 188 (1925), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the application of ex post facto in the case where an object was legally purchased and possessed, but was then later banned by statute.