UNITED STATES ex rel. ARANT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR (1917)

UNITED STATES ex rel. ARANT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1917
	Decided: December 10, 1917
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

UNITED STATES ex rel. ARANT v. LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1917. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 245 U.S. 166
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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.