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MONTEZUMA CANAL COMPANY v. SMITHVILLE CANAL COMPANY (1910)

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MONTEZUMA CANAL COMPANY v. SMITHVILLE CANAL COMPANY |
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Term: 1910 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 21, 1910 |
Decided: November 28, 1910 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
MONTEZUMA CANAL COMPANY v. SMITHVILLE CANAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 1910. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1910.
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 Arizona Territorial Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 218 U.S. 371
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Edward Douglass White
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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