FLEITAS v. RICHARDSON, 147 U.S. 550 (March 6, 1893) - Ballotpedia

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FLEITAS v. RICHARDSON

Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: April 14, 1892
Decided: March 6, 1893
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan

FLEITAS v. RICHARDSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1893. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1892.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 147 U.S. 550
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Horace Gray

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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