WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON (1915)
WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON |
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Term: 1915 |
Important Dates |
Decided: December 20, 1915 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
WILLIAMS v. JOHNSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1915.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma State Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- 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: 239 U.S. 414
- 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: Joseph McKenna
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 conservative.
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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