GRIGSBY v. RUSSEL (1911)
GRIGSBY v. RUSSEL |
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Term: 1911 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 10, 1911 |
Decided: December 4, 1911 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
6-0 |
Majority |
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
GRIGSBY v. RUSSEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 4, 1911. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1911.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 222 U.S. 149
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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 unspecifiable.
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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