Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider liberal to be  for the defendant. Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PER CURIAM.
This appeal was presented in an unusual and irregular way. No briefs were filed and only one copy of the typewritten transcript.
It was argued orally and submitted on improvised citations of authorities in lieu of briefs.
The sole question presented is whether, the jury being waived, the District Judge, over objections of the defendants, properly heard and considered the case, and convicted the defendants upon evidence conceded to have been unlawfully seized by local authorities. It also was conceded that there was no evidence of federal officer participation in the search, either physically or through cooperation or tacit agreement or understanding between local and federal authorities.
The question, some time ago, was decided by this Court in Ford v. United States, 234 F.2d 835, and by the Seventh Circuit in United States v. Moses, 234 F.2d 124. See, also, Irvine v. People of State of California, 347 U.S. 128, 74 S.Ct. 381, 98 L.Ed. 561.
Judgment of the District Court affirmed.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A