LUTCHER & MOORE LUMBER COMPANY v. KNIGHT (1910)

LUTCHER & MOORE LUMBER COMPANY v. KNIGHT
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: January 24, 1910
	Decided: April 11, 1910
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

LUTCHER & MOORE LUMBER COMPANY v. KNIGHT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1910. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1910.

In a 7-0 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 Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 217 U.S. 257
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.