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SLOAN v. UNITED STATES (1904)

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SLOAN v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1903 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 16, 1904 |
Decided: April 4, 1904 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
SLOAN v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1904. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1904.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 193 U.S. 614
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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