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FAUNTLEROY v. LUM (1908)

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FAUNTLEROY v. LUM
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1908
Decided: May 18, 1908
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
David Josiah BrewerMelville Weston FullerOliver Wendell HolmesWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler Peckham
Dissenting
William Rufus DayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaEdward Douglass White

FAUNTLEROY v. LUM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1908. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1908.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Miscellaneous interstate relations conflict
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 210 U.S. 230
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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