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CROSS v. EVANS (1897)

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CROSS v. EVANS |
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Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 2, 1897 |
Decided: May 10, 1897 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
CROSS v. EVANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1897. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1897.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.
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: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 167 U.S. 60
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Edward Douglass White
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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