HOME FOR INCURABLES v. CITY OF NEW YORK (1902)

HOME FOR INCURABLES v. CITY OF NEW YORK
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: November 12, 1902
	Decided: December 1, 1902
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

HOME FOR INCURABLES v. CITY OF NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 1, 1902. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1902.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 187 U.S. 155
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.