GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY v. WALKER (1908)

GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY v. WALKER
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: April 23, 1908
	Decided: June 1, 1908
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY v. WALKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1908. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1908.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 210 U.S. 356
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: William Rufus Day

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.