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UNITED STATES v. WEST VIRGINIA et al. (1935)

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UNITED STATES v. WEST VIRGINIA et al.
Term: 1934
Important Dates
Argued: May 2, 1935
Decided: May 20, 1935
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Louis Dembitz Brandeis

UNITED STATES v. WEST VIRGINIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1935. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1935.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: West Virginia
  • Citation: 295 U.S. 463
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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