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STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS; UNITED STATES, INTERVENER (April 25, 1924)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS; UNITED STATES, INTERVENER
Term: 1923
Important Dates
Decided: April 25, 1924
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS; UNITED STATES, INTERVENER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1924.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.

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: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Oklahoma
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 264 U.S. 565
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 unspecifiable.

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