BAILEY v. ANDERSON, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER (1945) - Ballotpedia

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BAILEY v. ANDERSON, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER

Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1945
Decided: November 5, 1945
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

BAILEY v. ANDERSON, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1945. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1945.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 326 U.S. 203
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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