CHRISTIANSON v. KING COUNTY (1915)

CHRISTIANSON v. KING COUNTY
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: November 9, 1915
	Decided: December 13, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHRISTIANSON v. KING COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1915. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1915.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 239 U.S. 356
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: 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 liberal.