BEAR LAKE AND RIVER WATER WORKS AND IRRIGATION COMPANY v. GARLAND et al. (1896)

BEAR LAKE AND RIVER WATER WORKS AND IRRIGATION COMPANY v. GARLAND et al.
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: May 6, 1896
	Decided: October 19, 1896
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

BEAR LAKE AND RIVER WATER WORKS AND IRRIGATION COMPANY v. GARLAND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1896. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1896.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 164 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.