ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOSWORTH (1890) - Ballotpedia

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOSWORTH

Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1889
Decided: January 20, 1890
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOSWORTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 133 U.S. 92
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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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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