COMMISSIONERS OF SANTA FE COUNTY v. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO EX REL. COLER (1909)

COMMISSIONERS OF SANTA FE COUNTY v. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO EX REL. COLER
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: November 29, 1909
	Decided: December 20, 1909
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

COMMISSIONERS OF SANTA FE COUNTY v. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO EX REL. COLER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1909. The case was argued before the court on November 29, 1909.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: New Mexico
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 215 U.S. 296
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.