MONTELIBANO Y RAMOS v. LA COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS (1916)

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MONTELIBANO Y RAMOS v. LA COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS |
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Term: 1915 |
Important Dates |
Decided: June 5, 1916 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
MONTELIBANO Y RAMOS v. LA COMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1916.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Philippines Territorial Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 241 U.S. 455
- 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: Mahlon Pitney
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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