PETERS et al. v. VEASEY, ADMINISTRATRIX OF VEASEY (1919)

PETERS et al. v. VEASEY, ADMINISTRATRIX OF VEASEY
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: November 14, 1919
	Decided: December 8, 1919
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke

PETERS et al. v. VEASEY, ADMINISTRATRIX OF VEASEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1919. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1919.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 251 U.S. 121
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: 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.