MCKAY v. KALYTON (1907)

MCKAY v. KALYTON
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Argued: January 25, 1907
	Decided: February 25, 1907
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

MCKAY v. KALYTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1907.

In a 6-3 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 Oregon State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 204 U.S. 458
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: Edward Douglass White

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.