DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HUTTON (1892)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HUTTON
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1892
	Decided: February 1, 1892
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HUTTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1892. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1892.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: District of Columbia
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: District of Columbia
Citation: 143 U.S. 18
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: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

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 liberal.