CROSS LAKE SHOOTING AND FISHING CLUB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (1912)

CROSS LAKE SHOOTING AND FISHING CLUB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1912
	Decided: May 13, 1912
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

CROSS LAKE SHOOTING AND FISHING CLUB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1912. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1912.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 224 U.S. 632
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Willis Van Devanter

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.