In re RAHRER, PETITIONER (1891) - Ballotpedia

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in re RAHRER, PETITIONER

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: March 17, 1891
Decided: May 25, 1891
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Concurring
David Josiah Brewer • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan

in re RAHRER, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 140 U.S. 545
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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