CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES (1923)

CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1923
	Decided: February 19, 1923
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

CRAMER et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1923. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1923.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 261 U.S. 219
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.