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WATHEN v. JACKSON OIL & REFINING COMPANY (1915)
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| WATHEN v. JACKSON OIL & REFINING COMPANY |
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| Term: 1914 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: January 11, 1915 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
WATHEN v. JACKSON OIL & REFINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1915.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 235 U.S. 635
- 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: Charles Evans Hughes
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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