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ARD v. BRANDON. (1895)
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| ARD v. BRANDON. |
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| Term: 1894 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 10, 1895 |
| Decided: March 4, 1895 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
ARD v. BRANDON. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1895. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1895.
In a 7-0 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 Kansas State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 156 U.S. 537
- 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: 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 liberal.
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