WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. KRUSHNIC (1930)

WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. KRUSHNIC
	Term: 1929
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1929
	Decided: January 6, 1930
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. KRUSHNIC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1930. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1929.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 280 U.S. 306
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.