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NORTH SHORE BOOM AND DRIVING COMPANY v. NICOMEN BOOM COMPANY (1909)

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NORTH SHORE BOOM AND DRIVING COMPANY v. NICOMEN BOOM COMPANY
Term: 1908
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1909
Decided: February 23, 1909
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

NORTH SHORE BOOM AND DRIVING COMPANY v. NICOMEN BOOM COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1909. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1909.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Washington State 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: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 212 U.S. 406
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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