MARYLAND v. SOPER, JUDGE, 270 U.S. 9 (February 1, 1926) - Ballotpedia

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MARYLAND v. SOPER, JUDGE

Term: 1925
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1925
Decided: February 1, 1926
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MARYLAND v. SOPER, JUDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1926. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1925.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. District Court.

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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: State
Petitioner state: Maryland
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 270 U.S. 9
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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