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FIELDEN v. ILLINOIS (1892)

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FIELDEN v. ILLINOIS
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1892
Decided: February 29, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

FIELDEN v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 29, 1892. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1892.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 143 U.S. 452
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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