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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY et al. v. ARCTIC IRON COMPANY (1918)
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| CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY et al. v. ARCTIC IRON COMPANY |
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| Term: 1918 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 22, 1918 |
| Decided: December 23, 1918 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
| Dissenting |
| John Hessin Clarke |
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY et al. v. ARCTIC IRON COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1918. The case was argued before the court on November 22, 1918.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Michigan Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 248 U.S. 178
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Edward Douglass White
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.
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