FORD v. DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY (1897)

FORD v. DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1896
	Decided: January 4, 1897
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

FORD v. DELTA AND PINE LAND COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1897. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1896.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 164 U.S. 662
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: 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 unspecifiable.