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HAYS v. PORT OF SEATTLE et al.

Term: 1919
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1919
Decided: January 5, 1920
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

HAYS v. PORT OF SEATTLE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1920. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 251 U.S. 233
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Mahlon Pitney

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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