MATTER OF ALBERT N. MOORE, AN INFANT PETITIONER (1908)

MATTER OF ALBERT N. MOORE, AN INFANT PETITIONER
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1908
	Decided: April 20, 1908
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller

MATTER OF ALBERT N. MOORE, AN INFANT PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1908. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1908.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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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: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 209 U.S. 490
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.