GLASPELL v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1892)

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GLASPELL v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Decided: April 4, 1892
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

GLASPELL v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1892.

In an 8-0 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 North Dakota U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of North Dakota.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 144 U.S. 211
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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