MCGOWAN et al. v. COLUMBIA RIVER PACKERS' ASSOCIATION et al. (1917)

MCGOWAN et al. v. COLUMBIA RIVER PACKERS' ASSOCIATION et al.
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: November 22, 1917
	Decided: December 17, 1917
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MCGOWAN et al. v. COLUMBIA RIVER PACKERS' ASSOCIATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1917. The case was argued before the court on November 22, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 352
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.