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DAVIS v. BEASON (1890)
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| DAVIS v. BEASON |
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| Term: 1889 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 9, 1889 |
| Decided: February 3, 1890 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
DAVIS v. BEASON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1890. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1889.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho Territorial Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
- Respondent state: Idaho
- Citation: 133 U.S. 333
- 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: Stephen Johnson Field
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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