WISE v. MILLS (1911)

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WISE v. MILLS
Term: 1910
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1911
Decided: May 15, 1911
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WISE v. MILLS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1911.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 220 U.S. 549
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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