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DE LA RAMA v. DE LA RAMA (1906)

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DE LA RAMA v. DE LA RAMA
Term: 1905
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1905
Decided: April 2, 1906
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKenna
Dissenting
William Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

DE LA RAMA v. DE LA RAMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 1906. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1905.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Philippines State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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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 highest state court
  • Petitioner: Wife, or ex-wife
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Husband, or ex-husband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 201 U.S. 303
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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.

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