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MCMILLAN CONTRACTING COMPANY et al. v. ABERNATHY et al. (1924)

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MCMILLAN CONTRACTING COMPANY et al. v. ABERNATHY et al.
Term: 1923
Important Dates
Decided: January 7, 1924
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

MCMILLAN CONTRACTING COMPANY et al. v. ABERNATHY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1924.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 263 U.S. 438
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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