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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF DAKOTA v. PRICE (1898)

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BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF DAKOTA v. PRICE |
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Term: 1897 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 10, 1898 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF DAKOTA v. PRICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1898.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 169 U.S. 45
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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