DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (1917)

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DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR |
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Term: 1917 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 15, 1917 |
Decided: December 10, 1917 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
DUNCAN TOWNSITE COMPANY v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1917. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1917.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 245 U.S. 308
- 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: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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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