WEINMAN v. DE PALMA (1914)
WEINMAN v. DE PALMA |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 20, 1914 |
Decided: February 24, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
WEINMAN v. DE PALMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1914. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1914.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 232 U.S. 571
- 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: 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.
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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