AINSA v. NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA RAILROAD COMPANY (1899) - Ballotpedia

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AINSA v. NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1899
Important Dates
Decided: October 13, 1899
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-1
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Melville Weston Fuller

AINSA v. NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 13, 1899.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 175 U.S. 76
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: Horace Gray

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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