FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES (1912)
FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1911 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 18, 1912 |
Decided: February 19, 1912 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
FAIRBANKS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1912. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1912.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 223 U.S. 215
- 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: 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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