GARDNER v. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (1893)

GARDNER v. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: November 7, 1893
	Decided: November 27, 1893
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

GARDNER v. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1893. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1893.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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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: 150 U.S. 349
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.