LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEARNS v. BRIGADIER GENERAL WOOD (1915)

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEARNS v. BRIGADIER GENERAL WOOD
Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: December 18, 1914
Decided: January 18, 1915
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEARNS v. BRIGADIER GENERAL WOOD 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 December 18, 1914.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 236 U.S. 75
  • 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: James Clark McReynolds

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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