CROUCH, LEGAL GUARDIAN OF KONSTOVICH, WIDOW, v. UNITED STATES (1924)

CROUCH, LEGAL GUARDIAN OF KONSTOVICH, WIDOW, v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1924
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1924
	Decided: November 17, 1924
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

CROUCH, LEGAL GUARDIAN OF KONSTOVICH, WIDOW, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1924. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1924.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 266 U.S. 180
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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.