CURRIE, MAYOR, v. UNITED STATESS EX REL. JACOBS (1889)

CURRIE, MAYOR, v. UNITED STATESS EX REL. JACOBS
	Term: 1888
Important Dates
	Decided: January 7, 1889
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller

CURRIE, MAYOR, v. UNITED STATESS EX REL. JACOBS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 129 U.S. 44
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.