Ex parte THE UNION STEAMBOAT COMPANY (1900)

ex parte THE UNION STEAMBOAT COMPANY
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Decided: May 28, 1900
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

ex parte THE UNION STEAMBOAT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 178 U.S. 317
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Henry Billings Brown

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 liberal.