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BYERS v. MCAULEY. (1893)

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BYERS v. MCAULEY. |
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Term: 1892 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 2, 1893 |
Decided: May 10, 1893 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
5-2 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray |
Dissenting |
Melville Weston Fuller • George Shiras |
BYERS v. MCAULEY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1893. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1893.
In a 5-2 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 Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: ancillary or pendent jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 149 U.S. 608
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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