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CONLEY v. BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (1910)

| CONLEY v. BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR |
|---|
| Term: 1909 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 14, 1910 |
| Decided: January 31, 1910 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
CONLEY v. BALLINGER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1910. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1910.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 216 U.S. 84
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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