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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA (1913)

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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 10, 1913 |
Outcome |
Stay, petition, or motion granted |
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 |
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1913.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Miscellaneous interstate relations conflict
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Virginia
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: West Virginia
- Citation: 231 U.S. 89
- How the court took jurisdiction: Original
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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