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CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. SNELL (1900)

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CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. SNELL |
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Term: 1900 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 15, 1900 |
Decided: December 17, 1900 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward 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.
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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