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BRIGGS v. SPAULDING (1891)
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| BRIGGS v. SPAULDING |
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| Term: 1890 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 3, 1891 |
| Decided: May 25, 1891 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
| Dissenting |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan |
BRIGGS v. SPAULDING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1891.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Person who guarantees another's obligations
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 141 U.S. 132
- 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 unspecifiable.
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