CORNELL UNIVERSITY v. FISKE (1890)

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CORNELL UNIVERSITY v. FISKE
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: April 8, 1890
Decided: May 19, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerHorace Gray

CORNELL UNIVERSITY v. FISKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1890. The case was argued before the court on April 8, 1890.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Private school, college, or university
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 136 U.S. 152
  • 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: Samuel Blatchford

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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