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SUPREME LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. SMYTH

Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: January 2, 1918
Decided: January 28, 1918
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SUPREME LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. SMYTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 2, 1918.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 594
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: John Hessin Clarke

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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