HOLT v. INDIANA MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1900)

HOLT v. INDIANA MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Argued: December 19, 1899
	Decided: January 15, 1900
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

HOLT v. INDIANA MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1900. The case was argued before the court on December 19, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Indiana
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Indiana
Citation: 176 U.S. 68
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.