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SMALLEY v. LAUGENOUR (1905)

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SMALLEY v. LAUGENOUR |
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Term: 1904 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 3, 1905 |
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 |
SMALLEY v. LAUGENOUR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1905.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.
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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
- Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 196 U.S. 93
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller
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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