SHECKELS, SURVIVING EXECUTRIX OF SHECKELS, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1918)

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SHECKELS, SURVIVING EXECUTRIX OF SHECKELS, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: January 28, 1918
Decided: March 18, 1918
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SHECKELS, SURVIVING EXECUTRIX OF SHECKELS, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1918.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of 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: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 246 U.S. 338
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Mahlon Pitney

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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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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