UNITED STATES v. BITTER ROOT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (1906)

UNITED STATES v. BITTER ROOT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
	Term: 1905
Important Dates
	Argued: January 8, 1906
	Decided: February 19, 1906
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

UNITED STATES v. BITTER ROOT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1906. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1906.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Montana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Timber company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 200 U.S. 451
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.