In re JOHNSON, PETITIONER (1897)
in re JOHNSON, PETITIONER |
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Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 10, 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 JOHNSON, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1897.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Indian Territorial Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 167 U.S. 120
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
- 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: Henry Billings Brown
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
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