COLLINS v. MILLER, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA (1920)

COLLINS v. MILLER, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: December 9, 1919
	Decided: March 29, 1920
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

COLLINS v. MILLER, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1920. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 252 U.S. 364
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.