MOUNT SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY ASSOCIATION v. MULLINS (1919)

MOUNT SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY ASSOCIATION v. MULLINS
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: November 15, 1918
	Decided: January 27, 1919
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

MOUNT SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY ASSOCIATION v. MULLINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1919. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 248 U.S. 501
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: Edward Douglass White
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.