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CREDIT COMPANY LIMITED v. ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY

Term: 1888
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 1888
Decided: November 19, 1888
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

CREDIT COMPANY LIMITED v. ARKANSAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1888. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 1888.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 128 U.S. 258
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: Joseph Bradley

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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