ASHTON et al. v. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE (1936) - Ballotpedia

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ASHTON et al. v. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1936
Decided: May 25, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone

ASHTON et al. v. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1936. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1936.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 298 U.S. 513
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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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