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BOWLING AND MIAMI INVESTMENT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1914)

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BOWLING AND MIAMI INVESTMENT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 4, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
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 |
BOWLING AND MIAMI INVESTMENT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1914.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Oklahoma.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 233 U.S. 528
- 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: Charles Evans Hughes
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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