CHANDLER, GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, et al. v. WISE et al. (1939)
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| CHANDLER, GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, et al. v. WISE et al. |
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| Term: 1938 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 10, 1938 |
| Decided: June 5, 1939 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone |
| Concurring |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas |
| Dissenting |
| Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds |
CHANDLER, GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, et al. v. WISE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1939. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1938.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: live dispute
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: Kentucky
- Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
- Respondent state: Kentucky
- Citation: 307 U.S. 474
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- 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.
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