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ANDERSON v. CLUNE (1925)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ANDERSON v. CLUNE
Term: 1925
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 1925
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

ANDERSON v. CLUNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1925.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 269 U.S. 140
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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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