CALHOUN v. MASSIE (1920)

CALHOUN v. MASSIE
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1920
	Decided: May 17, 1920
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter

CALHOUN v. MASSIE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1920.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 253 U.S. 170
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.