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Ex parte THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA (1904)

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ex parte THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
Term: 1904
Important Dates
Argued: November 28, 1904
Decided: December 12, 1904
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward 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.

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