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TIGLAO v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1910)

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TIGLAO v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Term: 1909
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1909
Decided: January 3, 1910
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

TIGLAO v. INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1910. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1909.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Philippines Territorial Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Philippines
  • Citation: 215 U.S. 410
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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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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