UNITED STATES ex rel.. HOLZENDORF v. HAY (1904)

UNITED STATES ex rel.. HOLZENDORF v. HAY
	Term: 1903
Important Dates
	Argued: April 12, 1904
	Decided: May 16, 1904
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown

UNITED STATES ex rel.. HOLZENDORF v. HAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1904. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1904.

In a 7-2 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: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 194 U.S. 373
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: 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.