HUNTER, SHERIFF OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, v. WOOD (1908)

HUNTER, SHERIFF OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, v. WOOD
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: December 18, 1907
	Decided: March 23, 1908
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

HUNTER, SHERIFF OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, v. WOOD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1908. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1907.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of North Carolina.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 209 U.S. 205
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.