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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ESLIN

Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1901
Decided: November 3, 1901
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Judgment of the court
John Marshall Harlan
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ESLIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 3, 1901. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: District of Columbia
Respondent type: Government contractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 183 U.S. 62
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: John Marshall Harlan

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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