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ACKERLIND, ADMINISTRATOR OF LIND, v. UNITED STATES (1916)

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ACKERLIND, ADMINISTRATOR OF LIND, v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: March 15, 1916
Decided: April 3, 1916
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ACKERLIND, ADMINISTRATOR OF LIND, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1916. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1916.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of Claims
  • Petitioner: Government contractor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 240 U.S. 531
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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