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UNITED STATES v. ARCHIBALD MCNEIL & SONS CO., INC.

Term: 1924
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1925
Decided: March 2, 1925
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. ARCHIBALD MCNEIL & SONS CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1925. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1925.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 267 U.S. 302
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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 liberal.

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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