DELAWARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. DIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY (1890)

DELAWARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. DIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Decided: March 3, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

DELAWARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. DIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1890.

In a 9-0 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 Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: Construction industry
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 133 U.S. 473
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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.