CARPER v. FITZGERALD (1887)

CARPER v. FITZGERALD
	Term: 1886
Important Dates
	Argued: March 18, 1887
	Decided: March 28, 1887
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

CARPER v. FITZGERALD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1887. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1887.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Virginia
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 121 U.S. 87
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.