UNION TRUST COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS v. WESTHUS (1913) - Ballotpedia

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UNION TRUST COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS v. WESTHUS

Term: 1912
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1912
Decided: May 5, 1913
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNION TRUST COMPANY OF ST. LOUIS v. WESTHUS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1913. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1912.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 228 U.S. 519
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.

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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