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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO. v. COCKRELL ADMINISTRATOR (1914)

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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO. v. COCKRELL ADMINISTRATOR |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 5, 1913 |
Decided: January 19, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO. v. COCKRELL ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1914. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1913.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 232 U.S. 146
- 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: Willis Van Devanter
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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