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CUNNINGHAM v. SPRINGER (1907)

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CUNNINGHAM v. SPRINGER |
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Term: 1906 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 10, 1907 |
Decided: February 25, 1907 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
CUNNINGHAM v. SPRINGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1907.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
- Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 204 U.S. 647
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Henry Moody
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 liberal.
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
External links
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