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GIBBS & STERRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BRUCKER (1884)

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GIBBS & STERRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BRUCKER
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Decided: May 5, 1884
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

GIBBS & STERRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BRUCKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1884.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 111 U.S. 597
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Burnham Woods

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.

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