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BENDER v. PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY (1893)

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BENDER v. PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Decided: April 3, 1893
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

BENDER v. PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 148 U.S. 502
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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