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HICKMAN v. FORT SCOTT

Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 1891
Decided: October 26, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

HICKMAN v. FORT SCOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 26, 1891. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 1891.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 141 U.S. 415
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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