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CONNOLLY v. UNION SEWER PIPE COMPANY (1902)

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CONNOLLY v. UNION SEWER PIPE COMPANY
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1901
Decided: March 10, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
Joseph McKenna

CONNOLLY v. UNION SEWER PIPE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1901.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Seller or vendor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 184 U.S. 540
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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