HOOPER v. CALIFORNIA (1895)

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HOOPER v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: October 10, 1894
Decided: January 7, 1895
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Henry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah BrewerJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds Jackson

HOOPER v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1895. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1894.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 155 U.S. 648
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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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