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ANGLE v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY (1894)

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ANGLE v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1893
Decided: January 3, 1894
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras
Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan

ANGLE v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1894. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1893.

In a 7-1 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 Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Construction industry
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 151 U.S. 1
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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 unspecifiable.

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