WASHINGTON HOME FOR INCURABLES v. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY (1912)

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WASHINGTON HOME FOR INCURABLES v. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY |
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Term: 1911 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 29, 1912 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
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 |
WASHINGTON HOME FOR INCURABLES v. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1912.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 224 U.S. 486
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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