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BEDON v. DAVIE (1892)

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BEDON v. DAVIE |
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Term: 1891 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 16, 1892 |
Decided: March 28, 1892 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
BEDON v. DAVIE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1892.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
- Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 144 U.S. 142
- 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: Samuel Blatchford
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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