Bunting v. Oregon
Supreme Court decision
By: Joseph McKenna
Date: April 9, 1917
Source: McKenna, Joseph. Bunting v. State of Oregon, 243 U.S. 426 (1917). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/us/243/426.html; website home page: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com (accessed January 22, 2003).
About the Author: Joseph McKenna (1843–1926) served as a representative from California to the U.S. House of Representatives and as judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1897, he served briefly as attorney general before President William McKinley (served 1897–1901) appointed him associate justice of the Supreme Court, where he served until his resignation in 1925.
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