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Ex parte THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA (1904)

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ex parte THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA |
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Term: 1904 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 28, 1904 |
Decided: December 12, 1904 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
ex parte THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1904. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1904.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
- Petitioner: Foreign nation or instrumentality
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Court or judicial district
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 195 U.S. 604
- How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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