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AMES v. KANSAS EX REL. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL. (1884)

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AMES v. KANSAS EX REL. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1884
Decided: April 21, 1884
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

AMES v. KANSAS EX REL. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1884. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1884.

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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Kansas
  • Citation: 111 U.S. 449
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.

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