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THE LAKE MONROE (1919)

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THE LAKE MONROE
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1919
Decided: June 2, 1919
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

THE LAKE MONROE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1919. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 250 U.S. 246
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • 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: Mahlon Pitney

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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