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UNITED STATES v. SANDOVA (1913)

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UNITED STATES v. SANDOVA
Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1913
Decided: October 20, 1913
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. SANDOVA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 20, 1913. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1913.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 231 U.S. 28
  • 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: Willis Van Devanter

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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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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