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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TALTY (1901)

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TALTY
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: April 12, 1901
Decided: May 27, 1901
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TALTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1901. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1901.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: District of Columbia
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 182 U.S. 510
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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.

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