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JEEMS BAYOU FISHING & HUNTING CLUB et al. v. UNITED STATES (1923)

| JEEMS BAYOU FISHING & HUNTING CLUB et al. v. UNITED STATES |
|---|
| Term: 1922 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 21, 1922 |
| Decided: January 2, 1923 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
JEEMS BAYOU FISHING & HUNTING CLUB et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1923. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1922.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Western U.S. District Court.
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: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: oil producer
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 260 U.S. 561
- 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: George Sutherland
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
- 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
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