In re CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, PETITIONER (1914) - Ballotpedia

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in re CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, PETITIONER

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1913
Decided: January 5, 1914
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

in re CITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1914. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1913.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Kentucky
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 231 U.S. 639
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Joseph McKenna

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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