GREEN BAY & MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY (1898)

GREEN BAY & MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY
	Term: 1898
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1898
	Decided: November 28, 1898
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

GREEN BAY & MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 1898. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1898.

In a 9-0 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 Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 172 U.S. 58
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: George Shiras

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.