FARMINGTON v. PILLSBURY (1885)

FARMINGTON v. PILLSBURY
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Argued: March 16, 1885
	Decided: March 30, 1885
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

FARMINGTON v. PILLSBURY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1885. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1885.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maine U.S. Circuit for the District of Maine.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Maine
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 114 U.S. 138
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.