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FASHNACHT v. FRANK (1875)

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FASHNACHT v. FRANK |
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Term: 1874 |
Important Dates |
Decided: February 22, 1875 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
FASHNACHT v. FRANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1875.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- Petitioner: Debtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 90 U.S. 416
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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