MECHANICAL APPLIANCE COMPANY v. CASTLEMAN (1910)

MECHANICAL APPLIANCE COMPANY v. CASTLEMAN
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 1909
	Decided: January 3, 1910
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

MECHANICAL APPLIANCE COMPANY v. CASTLEMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1910. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1909.

In a 7-0 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 Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 215 U.S. 437
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: William Rufus Day

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.