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UNITED STATES v. FERRIS (1924)

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UNITED STATES v. FERRIS
Term: 1923
Important Dates
Argued: April 8, 1924
Decided: May 26, 1924
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. FERRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 8, 1924.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Secretary or administrative unit or personnel of the U.S. Army
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 265 U.S. 165
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: William Howard Taft

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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