ORR v. ALLEN et al. (1918)
ORR v. ALLEN et al. |
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Term: 1918 |
Important Dates |
Decided: December 9, 1918 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
ORR v. ALLEN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1918.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Zoning: constitutionality of such ordinances, or restrictions on owners' or lessors' use of real property
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
- Respondent state: Ohio
- Citation: 248 U.S. 35
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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