O'NEIL v. NORTHERN COLORADO IRRIGATION COMPANY (1916)

O'NEIL v. NORTHERN COLORADO IRRIGATION COMPANY
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1916
	Decided: November 20, 1916
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

O'NEIL v. NORTHERN COLORADO IRRIGATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 20, 1916. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1916.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
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: 242 U.S. 20
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.