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UNITED STATES v. HEINSZEN & COMPANY (1907)
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| UNITED STATES v. HEINSZEN & COMPANY |
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| Term: 1906 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 9, 1907 |
| Decided: May 27, 1907 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White |
| Concurring |
| John Marshall Harlan |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
UNITED STATES v. HEINSZEN & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1907. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1907.
In a 6-2 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.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 206 U.S. 370
- 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: 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.
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