GAINES v. RUGG. (1893)

GAINES v. RUGG.
	Term: 1892
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1893
	Decided: March 20, 1893
Outcome
	Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

GAINES v. RUGG. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1893. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 148 U.S. 228
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Samuel Blatchford

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.