THE STEAMSHIP APPAM (1917)
THE STEAMSHIP APPAM |
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Term: 1916 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 15, 1917 |
Decided: March 6, 1917 |
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 |
THE STEAMSHIP APPAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1917. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1917.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
- Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 243 U.S. 124
- 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: William Rufus Day
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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