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CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. SNELL (1900)

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CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. SNELL
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1900
Decided: December 17, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. SNELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1900. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, 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: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 179 U.S. 395
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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.

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