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ECKLOFF v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1890)

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ECKLOFF v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: April 28, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

ECKLOFF v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1890.

In a 9-0 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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 135 U.S. 240
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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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