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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. LYON (1896)
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| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. LYON |
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| Term: 1895 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 20, 1895 |
| Decided: March 2, 1896 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. LYON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1896. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1895.
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: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 161 U.S. 200
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
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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