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NEVADA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON RAILWAY v. BURRUS

Term: 1916
Important Dates
Decided: May 21, 1917
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
John Hessin Clarke • Edward Douglass White

NEVADA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON RAILWAY v. BURRUS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1917.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nevada State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 244 U.S. 103
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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