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ZARTARIAN v. BILLINGS, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION (1907)

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ZARTARIAN v. BILLINGS, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION |
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Term: 1906 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 7, 1907 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
ZARTARIAN v. BILLINGS, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1907.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
- Petitioner: Father
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 204 U.S. 170
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: William Rufus Day
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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