Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. Ward

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Inter-Island Stream Nav. Co. v. Ward
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 9, 1916 Decided October 30, 1916
Full case name	Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. v. Ward
Citations	242 U.S. 1 (more) 242 U.S. 1; 37 S. Ct. 1; 61 L. Ed. 113;
Case history
Prior	On error from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Subsequent	None
Holding
A writ of error will not lie from the United States Supreme Court to review a judgment of the circuit court of appeals in a case presenting neither diversity of citizenship nor federal question, which was taken to that court from the Supreme Court of Hawaii, pursuant to Judicial Code, § 246, as amended by the Act of January 28, 1915, 38 Stat. 803, c. 22, upon the basis of pecuniary amount alone.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
Majority	Chief Justice White, joined by all
Laws applied
Judicial Code, § 246