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ROBERTS, TREASURER, v. UNITED STATES (1900)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ROBERTS, TREASURER, v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1899
Decided: February 5, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

ROBERTS, TREASURER, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1900. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Department or Secretary of the Treasury
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 176 U.S. 221
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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