LEWIS BLUE POINT OYSTER CULTIVATION COMPANY v. BRIGGS (1913)

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LEWIS BLUE POINT OYSTER CULTIVATION COMPANY v. BRIGGS
Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: April 30, 1913
Decided: May 26, 1913
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

LEWIS BLUE POINT OYSTER CULTIVATION COMPANY v. BRIGGS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1913. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 229 U.S. 82
  • 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: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.

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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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