RICKEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. MILLER AND LUX. (1910)

RICKEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. MILLER AND LUX.
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Argued: January 18, 1910
	Decided: November 7, 1910
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Edward Douglass White

RICKEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. MILLER AND LUX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1910. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1910.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nevada U.S. Circuit for the District of Nevada.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
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: 218 U.S. 258
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: 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 liberal.