BOGART, AS EXECUTOR OF LAWRENCE, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1913)

BOGART, AS EXECUTOR OF LAWRENCE, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: March 5, 1913
	Decided: April 7, 1913
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BOGART, AS EXECUTOR OF LAWRENCE, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1913. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 228 U.S. 137
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: William Rufus Day

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.