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DOWLING v. EXCHANGE BANK OF BOSTON (1892)

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DOWLING v. EXCHANGE BANK OF BOSTON
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1892
Decided: May 16, 1892
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

DOWLING v. EXCHANGE BANK OF BOSTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1892. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1892.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 145 U.S. 512
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

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