FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY v. L. BUCKI & SON LUMBER COMPANY (1903)

FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY v. L. BUCKI & SON LUMBER COMPANY
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: March 20, 1903
	Decided: April 6, 1903
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY v. L. BUCKI & SON LUMBER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1903. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1903.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 189 U.S. 135
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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 liberal.