EXPLORATION COMPANY, LIMITED, et al. v. UNITED STATES (1918)

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EXPLORATION COMPANY, LIMITED, et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1918
Decided: June 10, 1918
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter

EXPLORATION COMPANY, LIMITED, et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1918. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1918.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 247 U.S. 435
  • 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: William Rufus Day

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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