BROWN v. SELFRIDGE (1912)

BROWN v. SELFRIDGE
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1912
	Decided: April 1, 1912
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BROWN v. SELFRIDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 1912. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 224 U.S. 189
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: 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 liberal.