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HART v. B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE et al.

Term: 1922
Important Dates
Argued: May 2, 1923
Decided: May 21, 1923
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

HART v. B. F. KEITH VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1923. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Theater, studio
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 262 U.S. 271
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 liberal.

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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