UNITED STATES EX REL. TAYLOR v. TAFT, SECRETARY OF WAR (1906)

UNITED STATES EX REL. TAYLOR v. TAFT, SECRETARY OF WAR
	Term: 1906
Important Dates
	Decided: December 10, 1906
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES EX REL. TAYLOR v. TAFT, SECRETARY OF WAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1906.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Army
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 203 U.S. 461
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.