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HUGHES v. WENDEL, COUNTY TREASURER, et al.

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 1942
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

HUGHES v. WENDEL, COUNTY TREASURER, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1942.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 317 U.S. 134
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

See also

External links

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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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