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EL PASO WATER COMPANY v. EL PASO (1894)

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EL PASO WATER COMPANY v. EL PASO |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 5, 1894 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
EL PASO WATER COMPANY v. EL PASO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1894.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
- Petitioner: Public utility
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Texas
- Citation: 152 U.S. 157
- 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: 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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