UNITED STATES v. LARKIN, INTERVENOR AND CLAIMANT (1908)

UNITED STATES v. LARKIN, INTERVENOR AND CLAIMANT
	Term: 1907
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1908
	Decided: February 24, 1908
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. LARKIN, INTERVENOR AND CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1908. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1908.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 208 U.S. 333
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: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.