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MONTANA EX REL. HAIRE v. RICE, STATE TREASURER (1907)

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MONTANA EX REL. HAIRE v. RICE, STATE TREASURER
Term: 1906
Important Dates
Argued: January 7, 1907
Decided: January 28, 1907
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

MONTANA EX REL. HAIRE v. RICE, STATE TREASURER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1907.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana State Supreme 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: State
  • Petitioner state: Montana
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Montana
  • Citation: 204 U.S. 291
  • 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 Henry Moody

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.

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