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MARRONE v. WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB (1913)

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MARRONE v. WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB |
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Term: 1912 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 28, 1913 |
Decided: March 10, 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 |
MARRONE v. WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1913. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1913.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Amusement establishment, or recreational facility
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 227 U.S. 633
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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