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HUNT, EXECUTOR OF WEIGHEL, v. UNITED STATES (1921)

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HUNT, EXECUTOR OF WEIGHEL, v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1921 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 17, 1921 |
Decided: November 7, 1921 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
HUNT, EXECUTOR OF WEIGHEL, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1921. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1921.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 257 U.S. 125
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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