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CORNELL v. GREEN (1896)

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CORNELL v. GREEN |
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Term: 1895 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 18, 1896 |
Decided: May 18, 1896 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
Henry Billings Brown |
CORNELL v. GREEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1896. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1896.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 163 U.S. 75
- 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: Horace Gray
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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