THE PULLMAN COMPANY v. CROOM, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA (1913)

THE PULLMAN COMPANY v. CROOM, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
	Term: 1913
Important Dates
	Argued: October 31, 1913
	Decided: December 22, 1913
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

THE PULLMAN COMPANY v. CROOM, COMPTROLLER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1913. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1913.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 231 U.S. 571
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: William Rufus Day

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.