ALBRIGHT v. SANDOVAL, 216 U.S. 342 (February 21, 1910) - Ballotpedia

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ALBRIGHT v. SANDOVAL

Term: 1909
Important Dates
Argued: January 28, 1910
Decided: February 21, 1910
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

ALBRIGHT v. SANDOVAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1910. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: New Mexico
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: New Mexico
Citation: 216 U.S. 342
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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