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UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL (1907)

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UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL |
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Term: 1906 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 25, 1907 |
Decided: March 18, 1907 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
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. MITCHELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1907. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1907.
In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 205 U.S. 161
- 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: 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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