JOVER Y COSTAS v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1911)

JOVER Y COSTAS v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: April 7, 1911
	Decided: May 29, 1911
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

JOVER Y COSTAS v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1911.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Philippines Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Philippines
Citation: 221 U.S. 623
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 liberal.