COBURN v. CEDAR VALLEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY (LIMITED). (1891)

COBURN v. CEDAR VALLEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY (LIMITED).
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: January 9, 1891
	Decided: January 26, 1891
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

COBURN v. CEDAR VALLEY LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY (LIMITED). is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1891. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 138 U.S. 196
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.