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GABLEMAN v. PEORIA, DECATUR AND EVANSVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY (1900)

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GABLEMAN v. PEORIA, DECATUR AND EVANSVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY |
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Term: 1900 |
Important Dates |
Decided: December 10, 1900 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
GABLEMAN v. PEORIA, DECATUR AND EVANSVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1900.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
- Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 179 U.S. 335
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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