ADAMS v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF LIQUIDATION (1892) - Ballotpedia

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ADAMS v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF LIQUIDATION

Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1892
Decided: April 18, 1892
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

ADAMS v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF LIQUIDATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1892.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 144 U.S. 651
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Stephen Johnson Field

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

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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