WILLIAMS v. WALSH, SHERIFF OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, KANSAS (1912)

WILLIAMS v. WALSH, SHERIFF OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, KANSAS
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1911
	Decided: January 9, 1912
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WILLIAMS v. WALSH, SHERIFF OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, KANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1912. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1911.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 222 U.S. 415
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Joseph McKenna

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.