SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL ARCANUM v. GREEN (1915)

SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL ARCANUM v. GREEN
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1914
	Decided: June 1, 1915
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL ARCANUM v. GREEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1915. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Private club or facility
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 237 U.S. 531
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: Edward Douglass White

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.