In re MERCHANTS' STOCK AND GRAIN COMPANY et al., PETITIONERS (1912)

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in re MERCHANTS' STOCK AND GRAIN COMPANY et al., PETITIONERS
Term: 1911
Important Dates
Decided: March 4, 1912
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

in re MERCHANTS' STOCK AND GRAIN COMPANY et al., PETITIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 223 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: Willis Van Devanter

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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