ROLLER v. MURRAY (1914)

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ROLLER v. MURRAY
Term: 1913
Important Dates
Decided: June 22, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ROLLER v. MURRAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • 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: 234 U.S. 738
  • 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: Mahlon Pitney

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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