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ex parte UNITED STATES, PETITIONER

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1916
Decided: December 4, 1916
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
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

ex parte UNITED STATES, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1916. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1916.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 242 U.S. 27
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Edward Douglass White

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.

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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