NEW ORLEANS LAND COMPANY v. LEADER REALTY COMPANY, LTD. (1921)

NEW ORLEANS LAND COMPANY v. LEADER REALTY COMPANY, LTD.
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: January 18, 1921
	Decided: February 28, 1921
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

NEW ORLEANS LAND COMPANY v. LEADER REALTY COMPANY, LTD. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1921. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: ancillary or pendent jurisdiction
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 255 U.S. 266
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.