UNITED STATES v. FERGER et al., 250 U.S. 207 (June 2, 1919) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. FERGER et al.

Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1919
Decided: June 2, 1919
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Mahlon Pitney

UNITED STATES v. FERGER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2, 1919. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1919.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 250 U.S. 207
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: 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 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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