MACKAY v. UINTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (1913)

MACKAY v. UINTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: March 14, 1913
	Decided: May 26, 1913
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
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

MACKAY v. UINTA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY 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 March 14, 1913.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. Circuit for the District of Wyoming.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Out of state noncriminal defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 229 U.S. 173
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.