HOPKINS v. HEBARD (1914)

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HOPKINS v. HEBARD
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1914
Decided: November 30, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

HOPKINS v. HEBARD 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 October 16, 1914.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 235 U.S. 287
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: James Clark McReynolds

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 unspecifiable.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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