HIGHLAND AVENUE AND BELT RAILROAD COMPANY v. COLUMBIAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY (1898)

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HIGHLAND AVENUE AND BELT RAILROAD COMPANY v. COLUMBIAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Decided: January 3, 1898
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

HIGHLAND AVENUE AND BELT RAILROAD COMPANY v. COLUMBIAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1898.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Alabama U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Alabama.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 168 U.S. 627
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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