YOST v. DALLAS COUNTY (1915)
YOST v. DALLAS COUNTY |
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Term: 1914 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 6, 1915 |
Decided: January 18, 1915 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney |
YOST v. DALLAS COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1915. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1915.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Missouri Western U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
- Respondent state: Missouri
- Citation: 236 U.S. 50
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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