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CHESAPEAKE & DELAWARE CANAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1919
Decided: May 19, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

CHESAPEAKE & DELAWARE CANAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1919. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 123
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: John Hessin Clarke

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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