STATE OF ALABAMA v. SCHMIDT (1914) - Ballotpedia

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STATE OF ALABAMA v. SCHMIDT

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1914
Decided: January 26, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

STATE OF ALABAMA v. SCHMIDT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1914. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1914.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Alabama
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 232 U.S. 168
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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