SPIELMAN MOTOR SALES CO., INC. v. DODGE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY (1935)

SPIELMAN MOTOR SALES CO., INC. v. DODGE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
	Term: 1934
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1935
	Decided: April 29, 1935
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

SPIELMAN MOTOR SALES CO., INC. v. DODGE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1935. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1935.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Car dealer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 295 U.S. 89
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.