HEDRICK v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY (1897)

HEDRICK v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1897
	Decided: May 24, 1897
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

HEDRICK v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1897.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 167 U.S. 673
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 conservative.