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Ex parte MATTER OF GRUETTER, PETITIONER (1910)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte MATTER OF GRUETTER, PETITIONER
Term: 1909
Important Dates
Decided: May 31, 1910
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesHorace Harmon LurtonJoseph McKennaEdward Douglass White

ex parte MATTER OF GRUETTER, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 217 U.S. 586
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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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