GORMAN, CITY TREASURER OF KANSAS CITY, et al. v. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (1942)

GORMAN, CITY TREASURER OF KANSAS CITY, et al. v. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: April 2, 1942
	Decided: April 27, 1942
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

GORMAN, CITY TREASURER OF KANSAS CITY, et al. v. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1942. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1942.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Missouri
Respondent type: Private school, college, or university
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 98
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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.