FISHBURN v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY (1890)

FISHBURN v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: October 31, 1890
	Decided: November 3, 1890
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

FISHBURN v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 3, 1890. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 137 U.S. 60
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.