MCCORMICK v. OKLAHOMA CITY (1915)

MCCORMICK v. OKLAHOMA CITY
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: March 4, 1915
	Decided: March 15, 1915
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MCCORMICK v. OKLAHOMA CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1915. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1915.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Oklahoma U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Oklahoma.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Oklahoma
Citation: 236 U.S. 657
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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 conservative.