EDWARD RUTLEDGE TIMBER COMPANY et al. v. FARRELL (1921) - Ballotpedia

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EDWARD RUTLEDGE TIMBER COMPANY et al. v. FARRELL

Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1921
Decided: February 28, 1921
Outcome
Reversed
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

EDWARD RUTLEDGE TIMBER COMPANY et al. v. FARRELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1921. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 255 U.S. 268
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: James Clark McReynolds

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 unspecifiable.

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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