ROBERTSON v. GORDON, AND BUTLER AND VALE (1912)

ROBERTSON v. GORDON, AND BUTLER AND VALE
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: November 15, 1912
	Decided: December 16, 1912
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ROBERTSON v. GORDON, AND BUTLER AND VALE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1912. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 226 U.S. 311
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: 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.