WALLACH v. RUDOLPH et al., COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1910)

WALLACH v. RUDOLPH et al., COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: April 12, 1910
	Decided: May 16, 1910
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

WALLACH v. RUDOLPH et al., COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 12, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: District of Columbia
Citation: 217 U.S. 561
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: Horace Harmon Lurton

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.