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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1895)

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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1895
Decided: October 21, 1895
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 21, 1895. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1895.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 159 U.S. 372
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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.

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