HENRY v. HENKEL, UNITED STATES MARSHA (1914)

HENRY v. HENKEL, UNITED STATES MARSHA
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1914
	Decided: November 30, 1914
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

HENRY v. HENKEL, UNITED STATES MARSHA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1914. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1914.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District 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: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 235 U.S. 219
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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.