BENJAMIN v. NEW ORLEANS (1898)

BENJAMIN v. NEW ORLEANS
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: January 10, 1898
	Decided: January 31, 1898
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras

BENJAMIN v. NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1898.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 169 U.S. 161
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: 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.