AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. JACKSONVILLE, TAMPA AND KEY WEST RAILWAY COMPANY. (1893)

AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. JACKSONVILLE, TAMPA AND KEY WEST RAILWAY COMPANY.
	Term: 1892
Important Dates
	Argued: March 6, 1893
	Decided: March 27, 1893
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. JACKSONVILLE, TAMPA AND KEY WEST RAILWAY COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1893. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1893.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 148 U.S. 372
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: 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.