BARNES v. ALEXANDER (1914)
BARNES v. ALEXANDER |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 1, 1913 |
Decided: January 12, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
BARNES v. ALEXANDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1914. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1913.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 232 U.S. 117
- 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: 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 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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