STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE (1914)

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1914
Decided: November 9, 1914
Vote
8-0
Majority
Oliver Wendell HolmesCharles Evans HughesJoseph Rucker LamarJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 9, 1914. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1914.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 8-0 ruling.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: North Carolina
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Tennessee
  • Citation: 235 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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 unspecifiable.

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