In re ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD (1897)
in re ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD |
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Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 4, 1897 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
in re ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1897.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Court or judicial district
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 164 U.S. 633
- How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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