BUTLER v. BOSTON AND SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (1889) - Ballotpedia

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BUTLER v. BOSTON AND SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Term: 1888
Important Dates
Argued: April 10, 1889
Decided: April 22, 1889
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

BUTLER v. BOSTON AND SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1889. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 130 U.S. 527
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: Joseph Bradley

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

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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