MCLEAN, WIDOW OF NATHANIEL H. MCLEAN, v. UNITED STATES (1912) - Ballotpedia

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MCLEAN, WIDOW OF NATHANIEL H. MCLEAN, v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 1912
Decided: December 23, 1912
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MCLEAN, WIDOW OF NATHANIEL H. MCLEAN, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1912. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1912.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 226 U.S. 374
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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