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MCDAID v. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, EX REL. SMITH (1893)

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MCDAID v. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, EX REL. SMITH |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 20, 1893 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
MCDAID v. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, EX REL. SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 20, 1893.
In an 8-0 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 Oklahoma Territorial Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
- Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: United States
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Oklahoma
- Citation: 150 U.S. 209
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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