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PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS, v. THE NOEL-YOUNG BOND & STOCK COMPANY (1909)

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PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS, v. THE NOEL-YOUNG BOND & STOCK COMPANY
Term: 1908
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1908
Decided: January 18, 1909
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
Melville Weston Fuller

PRESIDIO COUNTY, TEXAS, v. THE NOEL-YOUNG BOND & STOCK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1909. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1908.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Texas
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 212 U.S. 58
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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