DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT, et al. v. PRESTON, ADMINISTRATRIX (1930) - Ballotpedia

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DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT, et al. v. PRESTON, ADMINISTRATRIX

Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: January 23, 1930
Decided: February 24, 1930
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT, et al. v. PRESTON, ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1930. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1930.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 280 U.S. 406
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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