CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER v. NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY (1913)

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER v. NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: October 28, 1912
	Decided: May 26, 1913
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER v. NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1913. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Colorado
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 229 U.S. 123
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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.