ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS (1897)

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: December 15, 1896
	Decided: February 15, 1897
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MINGUS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1897. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1896.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 165 U.S. 413
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.