CHAPMAN AND DEWEY LAND COMPANY v. BIGELOW (1907)

CHAPMAN AND DEWEY LAND COMPANY v. BIGELOW
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: April 12, 1907
	Decided: May 13, 1907
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

CHAPMAN AND DEWEY LAND COMPANY v. BIGELOW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1907.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 206 U.S. 41
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.