PHILADELPHIA COMPANY v. STIMSON, SECRETARY OF WAR (1912)

PHILADELPHIA COMPANY v. STIMSON, SECRETARY OF WAR
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: November 16, 1911
	Decided: March 4, 1912
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PHILADELPHIA COMPANY v. STIMSON, SECRETARY OF WAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1912. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1911.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 223 U.S. 605
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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 liberal.