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GREEN BAY AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY (1899)

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GREEN BAY AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY |
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Term: 1898 |
Important Dates |
Decided: February 20, 1899 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
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 AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL COMPANY v. PATTEN PAPER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1899.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
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: 173 U.S. 179
- How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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