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WILKES COUNTY v. COLER (1901)

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WILKES COUNTY v. COLER
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: October 19, 1900
Decided: March 18, 1901
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

WILKES COUNTY v. COLER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1901. The case was argued before the court on October 19, 1900.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the North Carolina U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of North Carolina.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: North Carolina
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 180 U.S. 506
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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