Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

BRUCE, ADMINISTRATOR OF TOBIN et al., v. TOBIN (1917)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BRUCE, ADMINISTRATOR OF TOBIN et al., v. TOBIN
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Decided: October 22, 1917
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

BRUCE, ADMINISTRATOR OF TOBIN et al., v. TOBIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 22, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the South Dakota State Trial Court.

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.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Father
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 245 U.S. 18
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=BRUCE,_ADMINISTRATOR_OF_TOBIN_et_al.,_v._TOBIN_(1917)&oldid=9486152"