HOLLY v. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH (1901)

HOLLY v. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: December 21, 1900
	Decided: February 25, 1901
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

HOLLY v. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1901. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1900.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Religious organization, institution, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 180 U.S. 284
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Shiras

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