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BOWN v. WALLING (1907)
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| BOWN v. WALLING |
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| Term: 1906 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 10, 1907 |
| Decided: February 4, 1907 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
BOWN v. WALLING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 4, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1907.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 204 U.S. 320
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- 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.
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