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KENTUCKY v. INDIANA et al. (1930)

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KENTUCKY v. INDIANA et al.
Term: 1929
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1930
Decided: April 14, 1930
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

KENTUCKY v. INDIANA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1930. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1930.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Non-real property dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Kentucky
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Indiana
  • Citation: 281 U.S. 163
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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 unspecifiable.

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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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