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EMBREY v. JEMISON (1889)

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EMBREY v. JEMISON
Term: 1888
Important Dates
Argued: April 3, 1889
Decided: May 13, 1889
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

EMBREY v. JEMISON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1889. The case was argued before the court on April 3, 1889.

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

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: 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: 131 U.S. 336
  • 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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