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MCCAFFREY v. MANOGUE (1905)

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MCCAFFREY v. MANOGUE |
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Term: 1904 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 17, 1905 |
Decided: February 20, 1905 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
MCCAFFREY v. MANOGUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1905. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1905.
In an 8-1 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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
- Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 196 U.S. 563
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Joseph McKenna
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 unspecifiable.
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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