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GRIMES DRY GOODS COMPANY v. MALCOLM (1896)

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GRIMES DRY GOODS COMPANY v. MALCOLM
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1896
Decided: November 30, 1896
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

GRIMES DRY GOODS COMPANY v. MALCOLM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1896. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1896.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indian Territorial Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 164 U.S. 483
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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