HOUSTON OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. GOODRICH et al. (1918)

HOUSTON OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. GOODRICH et al.
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: November 21, 1917
	Decided: January 7, 1918
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

HOUSTON OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS et al. v. GOODRICH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1918. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: writ improvidently granted
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 440
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 liberal.