GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ALEXANDER, ADMINISTRATOR OF HALL (1918)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ALEXANDER, ADMINISTRATOR OF HALL
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1918
	Decided: March 4, 1918
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ALEXANDER, ADMINISTRATOR OF HALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Montana 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 246 U.S. 276
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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.