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FLANAGAN v. FEDERAL COAL COMPANY

Term: 1924
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1924
Decided: March 2, 1925
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

FLANAGAN v. FEDERAL COAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1924.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 267 U.S. 222
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
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

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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