WILENTZ et al. v. SOVEREIGN CAMP, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD (1939)

WILENTZ et al. v. SOVEREIGN CAMP, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: March 2, 1939
	Decided: April 17, 1939
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

WILENTZ et al. v. SOVEREIGN CAMP, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: Private person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 306 U.S. 573
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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.